It is a wonderful rainy, blustery day here in Portland as I write this–my favorite, at least for once in awhile. And here’s what’s going on: What I’m Reading: Making Piece: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Pie and The Untethered Soul, both of which I’m pretty sure I was reading last week. Things have […]
Where I've Been: Europe. Spain and France, to be specific. I was there for our annual Let's Go Write workshop, which this year focused on structure and was a grand success. This year it was held in Collioure, a lovely seaside town in the south of France. And guess what? Despite a busy teaching, sight-seeing, and […]
Why I'm Frazzled: BECAUSE I'M LEAVING FOR EUROPE ON TUESDAY. That's why. What I'm Reading: Same thing I was reading last week, The Surrender Experiment, by Michael Singer. I'm about 10 pages from the end, and was going to finish it at lunchtime but then the phone rang and I got distracted. But, for your […]
Here it is Friday afternoon on a beautiful day in Portland. And here, at last, are my five things for the week: What I'm Reading: The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer. I'm leading a discussion group on Singer's most popular book, The Untethered Soul, in October, which is why I got onto this title. It […]
I saw a sunset just like this one! Where I've Been: I kinda fell down on posting at the end of last week (no 5 on Friday post) and the beginning of this week. That's because I was at the beach. I stayed with my family at my daughter's in-law's house in Garibaldi (thank you, […]
I'm late with this (and nearly everything else in my life at the moment) so I'll keep this edition brief. What I'm Reading: I finished Life As We Knew It, and have the other two in the series on hold at the library (along with half the catalog). Still reading After Perfect by Christina McDowell, […]
Here we go again. It's still summer, still hot, but rain is forecast tomorrow. Yay! What I'm grateful for: Friends and family who turned out en masse last night to hear me read from The Bonne Chance Bakery manuscript, and to also hear Kayla Dawn Thomas read from her latest novel, Tackling Summer. She and […]
It's another Five Things on Friday post. Admit it, you woke up this morning just dying to hop on over here and read the latest one. Well, here it is. What I'm Reading: Still working on a couple of books from last week, including Leaving Time. Don't tell them, but its due today at the […]
The tub wads, back when they were young, thin, and innocent This series (we'll see how long it lasts) is my summertime whimsy. I started it last week, with the inaugural Five Things on Friday post. Here's this week's obsessions passions: What I'm Reading. Just yesterday, I started Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult, who […]
