Stuff
I was thinking of starting a new regular column over here about thrift shopping and style and stuff. Because there is pleasure to be found in stuff, especially when it’s cheap and treasure hunted. Thrift shops make for a thrilling…
A woman’s writing vs. her children
I have been thinking about a recent debate regarding women authors and childbearing. Author Lauren Sandler wrote an article for The Atlantic professing that the secret to a successful writing life for a woman is to have only one child, giving as…
Back to blogging
I have big plans to revive this website and start spending more of my time to update it. I know it is what I should do. I mean, it’s about the only thing that I could relatively easily do to…
Took a break to create something new
Two children. Life is very different now. Sharing the love and parenting, dividing my time between my children and myself. It’s hard. It takes a while to adjust and resume life from where it stopped on the day with the…
Doesn’t seem fair to blame it all on old age
On the sexual abuse of minors by priests: “Cases of this kind are subject to the pontifical secret.” May 18, 2001. “In the 1970s, pedophilia was theorized as something fully in conformity with man and even with children.” December 20, 2010, On Islam,…
New year, old thoughts
Happy New Year, everyone (one?)! 2013. It already looks like it’s going to be a very full and interesting year. I am working on the print edition of Spell of Blindness and hoping to make that available really soon (as…
Time
It is too hard to talk about what happened on Friday in Newtown, Connecticut. It’s too painful, too unbearable. It doesn’t seem real, and it will never make sense. It’s too much to bear. What we must talk about is…
Spell of Blindness FREE promotion
From December 23 to 27, the Kindle edition of Spell of Blindness will be available on Amazon for free. If you are unsure about purchasing it, this is a good opportunity to try it and see what it is all…
Spell of Blindness is now available on Amazon
A day early! I know! I’m good with deadlines. You can find the Kindle edition of my book on Amazon here. And here is the book’s Goodreads page! Please forgive the too-many exclamation points. These are exciting times for me!…
My so-called craftiness (an update)
So, I hit some road bumps in my efforts to make my own skin products. It happens to everyone, right? Right? Anyway, what happened was that I tried to change my original formula once the first batch of oils was…
This Möbius Strip of Ifs, by Mathias B. Freese
I was very excited when I received this book for review from the author. Teacher, psychoterapist and writer, Mathias B. Freese is an admirable author whose writing feels relevant and profound. This Möbius Strip of Ifs is a collection of…
A writerly use for Pinterest
I don’t remember whom I should give credit for making me aware of how authors can use Pinterest for inspiration or to promote their books. There are many articles online to this effect. I have been a member of Pinterest…