Cross the River in Ljusdal
Okay. This very short video made me literally burst into tears, it was so beautiful. Here’s the note that accompanied it: Hi Patti, September 2 is my release date (birthday) too. The bridge is the old bridge across the river in Ljusdal, a small town in Sweden, where I live. …
Kate and her desire lines and a boat
One of the artists whose work is in Life is a Verb is Kate Iredale. In addition to contributing amazing art to the book, Kate is stop #2 on the LIAV Blog Tour ’08! Go hear her story about LIAV and while you’re there, take a look at her beautiful …
Light-skinned-ed Girl talks to me
I love this woman’s writing and so am very pleased that Light-skinned-ed Girl is the first stop on the Life is a Verb Blog Tour! Heidi crafted an interview with me to celebrate the book, and you’ll see the results here. My thanks, Heidi! Her book, Light-skinned-ed Girl, will be …
Day 2 :: Live in the hello
If I had 37 days to live, I would no longer be suffocated in the clutches of man’s opinion. I would do exactly what my flesh and heart told me to do. I would override and abandon my conditioned, cautious, methodical, purposeful responses to life, and not neurotically fret over …
Day 3 :: Do 37 things
I’m an inveterate list-maker, so these two essays–in list form–rang near and dear to my heart: First, let me just say Patti, I cannot even fathom the fact that I would die in 37 days that I will make this completely hypothetical. You see, I’m pregnant! I’m only two months …
Day 4 :: Live in the World Headquarters of the Verb
From Wellington, New Zealand, come these thoughts, an excerpt of a longer essay posted on Marica Sevelj’s blog and sent to me as her answer to the question, “What would you be doing today if you only had 37 days to live?," a question she has revised to this powerful …
Verbs in the Library!
Have I ever mentioned how much I love libraries? From my first job at the Morganton-Burke Public Library (see page 80 in Life is a Verb!) through my role as librarian for the graduate English department at the University of Virginia to my job in the Science and Engineering Library …
Verbs a go-go!
So happy was I to meet up with a long-time friend from D.C. while in San Diego recently! Jeff De Cagna brought his copy of Life is a Verb with him and treated me and a few others to a glorious Thai dinner in the Gaslight District to celebrate friendship. …
Verbs Down Under!
Verbs have hit Australia! From Karynne, in New South Wales, this note: Yesterday, four copies of your eagerly awaited masterpiece arrived … lovingly delivered by a young Australia Post delivery man who spent ten minutes patting my dogs, and talking about his passion for life, his family and his own …
Day 5 :: Give your blanket to your mom and go to New Hampshire
Wow, what a challenge, Patti! Thank you for helping spark this great conversation between me and my 8-year-old, Mia. Having been through the death of untold numbers of slippery, squishy, and furry pet friends, it’s not a new subject for us. But this was different. Personal. Sweet and sad and …
