This week, Jan Falls of the Heart Poems posted Kim Stafford’s Advice From a Raindrop. It is a delight. As are all of Stafford’s poems. Today is my 70th birthday. All week long I have been mulling this event and… Read the rest!
What is the Best Part?
Something unanticipated?
Something discovered?
Something long awaited?
Many years ago, my friend Anjani whispered to a friend that she longed to eat the entire inner seedless core of a watermelon. On her birthday, she woke… Read the rest!
It’s hard to Rest In Peace about your seventeen-year-old cat going missing one night. It’s hard not to bury a body. It’s hard not to know for sure they are dead.
Of course, the other side of it is hard:… Read the rest!
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Writing Resources
Because we work by ourselves, writers and illustrators often feel alone. We aren’t but sometimes we need to be reminded of all the great resources around us. Here are a few that I rely on for classes, news and general good thinking: