Coming from a Dark Place
I think of myself as a happy person. When I first started writing as a young child, my stories were full of magic and possibility, and my first completed published book, a middle-grade, was made up largely of fantasy and […]
Inspiration
Born April 11, 2007 at 1:52 am
Happy 5th Birthday to the light of my life!
Tough versus tender
So my friend and I were hanging out the other day in my bright sunroom, gazing through the windows at tight buds and green shoots and the wind-tossed sea, and drinking ginger tea, and speaking of ghastly things (because she […]
The Beautiful Place Where I Live
Beautiful Lunenburg
Living like Ferdinand
The story of Ferdinand the Bull by Munro Leaf (totally awesome name!) is one of my favorite childhood books. If you don’t know, Ferdinand is a gentle soul who just likes to smell the flowers until the day he sits […]
The Last Day of 2011
I like the sound of 2012. 12 is a multiple of 3 and 3 is my favorite number just because it’s so neat and independent. A tripod- solid but with a little possible sway in its makeup. Potentially unpredictable if […]
Around town; a few of my favorite things
I live in a small town. It used to be mostly retired folks but over the last few years, a lot of younger people are moving in. It’s a cool mix of traditional, old-fashioned with just enough funk. I don’t […]
These are so beautiful they make my heart hurt
This is one of the mysterious paper sculptures which have been popping up at a library in Edinburgh and elsewhere in the city. They are breath-taking and remind me of the best of the Brothers Quay animated films, and pop-up […]
The Legend of Ugly Ghost
My son drew and wrote this comic when he was 4 or 5. I find it tragic and beautiful like all the best stories. Also it makes me laugh.
Read to Write
I don’t know about the rest of you but I spend entirely too much time in my own head. Part of it is being a writer. I haven’t really found (nor do I really want to find) a way of […]