Day 6 :: Be totally devoted
Patti, I just wanted you to know that I wanted to write something for your 37 Days countdown to Life is a Verb, but I just couldn’t. Every time I started to think about it, I started crying, and I just can’t go there. My mom died when I was …
Day 7 :: Color your movie wildly magenta
Ah, Patti, my long-ago, french-fry eating friend. Since you asked this question I have been struggling, wrestling, stomping my feet in my best 4 year old way, alternately trying to find an honest answer and sticking my fingers in my virtual ears and yelling "go away! go away! I don’t …
It’s not quite an Airstream, but hope springs eternal
As customer reviews begin to appear on Amazon for Life is a Verb, and as I begin to get emails from around the world about the book, I am truly humbled by your words. As my friend, Mike Wagner, said when all the incredible art starting flowing in for the …
Day 8 :: Chant your fall list daily
Some time ago I had one of those dreams that sticks around–I was driving up a mountain road and felt the back tires of the car slide, first off of the asphalt, and then off of the ground on a particularly steep and tricky curve. At first, I thought: this …
Day 9 :: Play tag in the park and knit without guilt
If I had thirty seven days left in this world, I would spend seven of them in Paris no matter the cost. Taking care of myself, preparing myself. I would wander the streets and museums, filling myself with the love and ancient stability of its stones. I would restore my …
Day 10 :: Remember your smallness
If I only had 37 days to live, I would remember my smallness. Hopefully, many of those 37 days would result in 37 evening skies filled with stars. After most days, I need the stars to remind me of how small I am. The universe is vast, and our lives …
Day 11 :: Just plain show up
From Kathy Schuth in Indiana, a most marvelous email, with the subject line, “Mail is a Verb”: I got my book from Amazon two days ago, but had to borrow a camera to send you a picture of the box! Do you know how delighted I was to see the …
Day 12 :: Show them instead
"When he was in Kindergarten, Mitch wanted to bring his mother for show-and-tell. At the ripe age of 38, I had my first tattoo. Mitch wanted to show and tell about the etched pink hermit crab riding on my shoulder. Of course, his teacher couldn’t know where I had been …
Don’t make me come find you
I’m so pleased that on the official publication date of LIFE IS A VERB, I’ll be hosted by Moe Abdou and Ryan Bettencourt at Learn From My Life for a free, one-hour teleconversation–with you! I hope you will drop absolutely everything you are doing and join me. Pre-soaking …
BlogHer Greensboro!
I’ve just been asked to speak at the Greensboro, N.C., BlogHer conference on October 18th. I hope if you’re in that area and attending the BlogHer conference, you’ll stop by to say hello! Hopefully, I’ll arrange a reading and book signing at a bookstore in Greensboro for the evening of …
