Posted at Writer Unboxed this morning As I write this, it is the last morning of summer. My yearling kittens are crouched in the garden, watching a squirrel on the fence make his way through the face of a sunflower, methodically plucking out striped seeds with his tiny hands, cracking their shells, devouring the kernels. […]
Girls in the Basement
Tuesday’s Random Beauty
A Martha Washington geranium that’s blooming in the living room window. I spent a good hour taking pictures of it. Very restful.
Sunday and a random beauty
This is the first day I’ve had off in….well, I honestly can’t remember the last one. I went to Denver, met HB for lunch and caught up on things, wandered around the Tattered Cover and shot photos, then came home and uploaded several weeks of daily shots. I haven’t edited all of them, but you […]
Voice classes reminder
Classes are filling. 1 slot left in each VOICE I, which begins October 1 (this Weds) and 1 slot left in Voice II, which begins October 22. Email me with questions or to reserve a space. I’m also teaching a very short workshop at the San Diego RWA on October 18, if you are in […]
Santa Barbara Harbor and the girls in the basement
For the past three days, as I showered, or chatted with a student or another writer, or walked from one hotel to the other, the girls in the basement have kept up a little series of nudges. “Now? Can we come out and talk now?” Teaching, however, takes a lot of heart energy, mind energy, […]