Monthly Archives: September 2019

The Falling Star I saw a star slide down the sky, Blinding the north as it went by, Too burning and too hot to hold, Too lovely to be bought or sold, Good only to make wishes on And then … Continue reading →

Writing demands energy – and lots of it! Here are a few simple ways to reduce fogginess and recharge your little gray cells: Switch off stress:  Exposure to bright lights – including the blue light of computer screens and cell … Continue reading →

John Kenneth Galbraith was a prolific author. Someone once asked him what he’d learned from a lifetime of wordsmithery. He answered, “The quality of the writing I do on the days I don’t feel like it is just as good … Continue reading →

“Don’t be ‘a writer.’ Be writing.”   William Faulkner September 25 is William Faulkner’s birthday. With this in mind I’m sharing a cornucopia of gems from the storied writer, whose devotion to his craft is legendary: “It begins with a character, … Continue reading →

My wonderful husband David is a banjo player and true lover of bluegrass music, so we’ve been avidly watching the documentary series on country music by Ken Burns – fantastic! One of the best things about it is the focus … Continue reading →

“We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains.”   Ursula K. LeGuin What a lovely way to spend a Sunday – in the shimmering Sussex, NJ … Continue reading →

Autumn Fires In the other gardens And all up the vale, From the autumn bonfires See the smoke trail! Pleasant summer over And all the summer fowers, The red fire blazes, The grey smoke towers. Sing a song of seasons! … Continue reading →

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”   Marcus Aurelius How liberating these words are! How can we apply them in pursuing the writing life? “Everything we hear is an … Continue reading →

The Man in the Arena “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man … Continue reading →