This morning I rendezvoused with three other NaNoWriMo authors for an early lunch at Brueggers Bakery in Albany. They’re decades younger than me, and all three have completed the challenge of writing 50,000 words in one month several times already. But to my amazement, none of them are particularly concerned about getting published – the… [Read More]
Bipolar Gaia – a poem for Earth Day
“April Mood” by Charles Burchfield In honor of Earth Day, here’s a poem I wrote a couple of years ago. Yes, I know it’s no longer February, and Gaia’s in a better mood, today at any rate, but the theme feels more relevant than ever. Enjoy, and Happy Earth Day! Bipolar Gaia Gaia’s gone bipolar…. [Read More]
Springing Hopefully Forward
The first full day of spring, I awoke feeling cheerful and full of good intentions for the new season. I never did get around to making New Year’s resolutions, but spring seems like an auspicious time to do some serious goal setting. I fully intended to jump start the day with my Nia class and… [Read More]
Celebrating the Solstice, Scandinavian Style
Here’s wishing each and every one of you a wonderful Winter Solstice. Winter arrives officially this evening at 6:38 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, and it’s the darkest day of the year. For me, the Solstice holds nearly as much emotional significance as Christmas, because from this day forward, things will begin to lighten up again…. [Read More]
Time to jettison my paperwork past
“You’ll probably inherit this house someday,” I told my daughter a couple of years ago. Her first response: “I hope you clean out all the paper first.” Since then, she’s bought a house of her own, and she doesn’t need mine. Nor does she need all my papers, and neither do I. Or so I’m… [Read More]
Roger Hudson discusses plausibility in historical fiction
Today’s guest, Roger Hudson, has written a fascinating historical novel set in classical Athens. DEATH COMES BY AMPHORA brings the period vividly to life through the eyes of the young Lysanias, whom Roger describes as “an innocent admidst the deceit and corruption of the big city. . . he discovers that his uncle has died in… [Read More]