BOOK TOUR!!
CREATIVE LIFE and / or HOT FLASH BOOK TOUR! I bought myself some new red boots online the other night because I can have a mid-life hot-flash crisis with the best of them, and I included a gift tag to be sent with the shipment: "Congratulations on your new …
thinking thursday.
Well, well, well. My "Aha!" moment, filmed in an Airstream that visited Asheville earlier this year, is one of 75 semi-finalists nationwide. Would you take a moment and vote for it and ask others in your network to? (very simple, no registration, takes 5 seconds). Otherwise my mother may …
poetry wednesday : stand up
"Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim." -Elie Wiesel The "It Gets Better" videos are poetry in motion. Poetry that might save a life. Poetry borne of pain, and of recognition. Pass them on. Make one and post it. Ask your local schools to order this free film as part …
Win stuff! Write stuff! Tell your friends stuff!
I'm so excited to be teaching a one-day writing workshop in Portland, OR, on Nov 6 with best-selling authors Jennifer Louden and Susan Piver. (We'll do a reading at Powell's Beaverton the night before at 7pm). We want you to come. Or just win a prize. Or both! Here's some …
thinking thursday : save a child’s life
Rest in peace, Seth Walsh "We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people." -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On this "Thinking Thursday," all I am thinking about is …
poetry wednesday : lost
I included this haunting and beautiful poem in Life is a Verb. It was written by a man who began losing his memory in a form of dementia when he was just 41 years old, ten years ago. After I wrote to him asking for permission to include it, we …
thinking thursday.
[Can you spot the gay soldier? I thought not.] mind :: my brain and yours John McCain, really: "Why are we now trying to jam this thing through?" said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who led the campaign against the provision. 'It is all about the battle-effectiveness, the morale, of the …
poetry wednesday : to be of use
To Be of Use The people I love the best jump into work head first without dallying in the shallows and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight. They seem to become natives of that element, the black sleek heads of seals bouncing like half-submerged balls. I love …
yes, i got a tattoo.
[image by Fiona Monks] I said I would, to celebrate my 50th birthday, and so I did. And no, I probably won't post any photos of it. When I see tattoo photos, I spend most of my time trying to figure out exactly what body part that might be or …
Forever hold your penguin dear, in memory of Meta.
Four years ago this evening, a young woman died in a car accident here in Asheville. This is the story of her extraordinary leave-taking. Our job is to keep the dead alive by telling their stories. I hope you will take a moment on this autumn evening to whisper the …
