Blog
Tenakee, Travel and Trixie
“It will be easier if Trixie stays home with us,” Chip said. He’s in the final stretch of his training for the Boston Marathon, and a trip to Tenakee Springs wasn’t on his workout plan. Besides, the cabin there is my project. He is hugely helpful and generous as I...
Friday and Winter– Already?
I had big plans for my week off of assembly duties, and with Chip away, and the family all well and not in need of much help with anything, and no obits and no deadlines. I am working on a TV show in development with NBC, but that seems to mostly consist of texts and...
Decorating with Dead Animals
I once tried to write a column for Woman's Day titled "Decorating with Dead Animals" but the idea was rejected. I think the editor thought I was joking. I never intended to display animal antlers, horns, hides, and even a head, in my home. I argued successfully...
Monday’s Thought(s)?
"The issue is not whether to stand firm or compromise but how to express our firmness. When we express it with poise rather than rudeness, not only are we truer to our better selves, but we infuse our dissent with a power it wouldn't have otherwise. To brawl is human....
A Few Small Stones
Poet Mary Oliver says praying, writing, creating, living your life in a meaningful, courageous, and as with most writers, a public way-- we stick our hearts out-- doesn't have to be the "blue iris" and that "a few small stones" will do. As a gatherer of rocks and...
Wednesday’s Thought?
"People think pleasing God is all God cares about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back." --Alice Walker, The Color Purple My week has gotten away from me, what with hours spent prepping for and acting in the library's literary...
Stormy Dog Walk Postcard
"This is what dogs give us-- a connection. A connection to life on earth, to all that binds and cradles us, lest we begin to feel too alone."--Patricia McConnell in For the Love of a Dog