Charlotte Rains Dixon

True Confessions, No Not the Magazine

Though I have written about True Confessions, the magazine, that it not what this post is about. Oh no, it is an embarrassing personal confession instead, since they are the best kind, of course. Today I was driving down busy Sandy Boulevard and came to a stop at the traffic signal. A scruffy homeless man […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago12/12/2015

Writing

Writing Inspiration From an Unlikely Source

You never know where you will find inspiration for writing. Last night I went to a knitting lecture by Fiona Ellis at my LYS (local yarn store, for you non-knitters), Twisted, which is my new favorite place. I love knitting and stitching and sewing and anything to do with textiles or fiber arts. Throughout my […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

Books Writing

Reading and Writing Redux

It has come to my attention that May is Get Caught Reading month, which seems timely since I just did a post on Reading and Writing. Anything we can do to promote the cause of reading is a good thing as far as I’m concerned, though I don’t share the common view that there is […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago12/12/2015

Writing

Reading and Writing

I’ve been slacking. Since arriving home from Nashville late on Saturday night (actually it was early Sunday morning) I’ve been pretty much Not Writing, which is a specific state of being characterized by a constant awareness that I’m doing everything but writing. This is because writing is such a stern task mistress that she wants […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago12/12/2015

Travel

It’s Off to Home I Go….

I’m heading back to Portland this afternoon, and I am, as always, sorry to leave Nashville. I am not, however, sorry to leave the weather behind. Yesterday there were tornado warnings which were relayed to me through a sort of old-fashioned round robin system. Friends of Sue and Walt’s who live up the street called […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago

Creativity Writing Writing Events

How to Learn to Write

Reading as a Writer Last night Terry Price and I hosted a dinner for the new students entering the Loft, and, big surprise, the conversation was all about writing. One of the things that Terry talked about was how, in the past, some of his students would complain that they didn’t have time to read, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Travel Writing

Writing Away From Home

I’m in Nashville, which is beautiful and warm (although pretty much anything is probably warm compared to Portland) and would be perfect in every way except for….the pollen. Which has me sneezing and my eyes running and itching in a way I’ve never quite experienced before. It still does not affect my love for this […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Travel Writing

Loft-y Tennessee

I am in beautiful Springfield, Tennessee, where there are rolling green fields and the air feels totally different than it does in beautiful Portland, Oregon–mostly because it is warm. I’m staying at the home of Terry Price, and we are theoretically working on the Loft. No, we are really working on it–we have been chatting […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago12/12/2015

Authors Books

Literary North Carolina: Carl Sandburg

This is a photo of Carl Sandburg’s home, Connemara, in Flat Rock, North Carolina, which is south (I think) of Asheville, not too far, and is apparently now a retirement community. I can see why–it is quite beautiful and peaceful and charming. I never knew that much about Carl Sandburg, except for the "fog creeping […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

Authors Books

Literary Asheville: Thomas Wolfe

This is a photograph of Thomas Wolfe’s grave, which is in Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, North Carolina, where I happen to find myself today. Turns out that North Carolina is a state with an amazing literary heritage, claiming authors as diverse as Wolfe, Carl Sandburg (more on him later), O Henry, and tons of others. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 18 years ago11/03/2015

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