Letting your Freak Flag Flap in the Wind … or not
Sometimes, you just gotta let your freak flag fly My college-era friend George Clark, not only has a blog, a fulltime job as a reference librarian, two kids, and a long commute, but a creative heart...
View ArticleMaking more of what I have, and less of what I don’t.
I had some folks over for game night recently; Engineer Hubby has been traveling and on this particular evening the boys were both avidly watching (and then bemoaning the results of) Virginia Tech’s...
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Patricia Bevan, who’s facilitating the nonviolent communication group I refer to here has a website specific to NVC work: http://compassionate-connections.org/ Share your words! Image by Darwin Bell...
View ArticleNational Novel Writing Month is about OVER. Thank Gawd.
I decided, on the third of November, that I would participate in the National Novel Writing Month project this year. I have a short story whose protagonist has been poking me with the proverbial pointy...
View ArticleIncompetence
I spent a blissed-out couple of days at the Porches this past weekend, participating in Valley Haggard‘s writing retreat. As I confessed to our small group on the first day, I have been fastidiously...
View ArticleVirginia Quarterly Review and the awesomeness of books and moves, with...
I began this post shortly after seeing Amour — a gorgeous film, IMO, with sets that convinced me to return for a second viewing, despite its difficult subject matter. And the depth and breadth of...
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