Work, Wonder, and Windows

Work, Wonder, and Windows

by | May 24, 2023 | Daily Life, Memoir, Nature, Writing

May 2023 One of my motivations to write is connecting with others, and that connection can’t begin until the work goes out into the world. As I am currently writing a book, it’s a long slog before that engagement can begin. So I’ve decided to reboot, revive, and...
Chuckanut Writers Conference

Chuckanut Writers Conference

by | Jun 27, 2019 | Writing

From the opening address by Sonora Jah—The Writer in Uncertain Times—to the closing address by Omar El Akkad—Lies of Our Own Making: The Obligations of Literature in a Politically Fractured Age—my hometown writing conference contained immense ideas, blood-pumping...
SHOTPOUCH

SHOTPOUCH

by | Jun 20, 2019 | Nature, Writing

A wash of pink spreads across the lavender sky. The apple orchard grays into view. Soon Shotpouch Creek will surface, rippled in white. But first something new: bits of darkness darting through the air. It’s too early for the robins that will dot the meadow feeling...
I WRITE MEMOIR, PART I

I WRITE MEMOIR, PART I

by | Sep 3, 2017 | Memoir, Writing

In the third grade, I read The Little House in the Big Woods series of books. You could write about your own life—what a revelation! I wanted to do that. But also, a disappointment—my life wasn’t as interesting as Laura Ingalls Wilder’s. Mine was a normal life. Two...
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY?

by | Jul 17, 2016 | Daily Life, Writing

The worst part of my day, on the days I run errands, is in the morning when I’m standing in the grocery store watching the clerk ring up my purchases and she asks, “What are you going to do today?” A part of me finds that question an invasion of my privacy, while at...