Category Archives: Everything
Third Sentence Thursday – January 3, 2013
“At home, I lived in brightness.” from People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks I’m near the end of the book, now. The chapters aren’t numbered, and they alternate between points of view of the present-day protagonist—a young woman who … Continue reading
Young at heart
Beginnings and endings, I’ve been thinking about both today. A friend just announced the arrival of a grandchild—a beginning. My mother was dead before she reached the age I am as I type this—an ending. A potential client, in the … Continue reading
Before we know it
“Time passes. If we don’t play with our kittens when they’re small, they’ll be all grown up before we know it.” ~ Fiona Robyn, Writing Our Way Home Fiona was talking about the growth of her real-life kittens, Roshi and … Continue reading
Always a beginner
One of my quote-a-day subscriptions recently sent this, from Thomas Merton’s Contemplative Prayer (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1969, p. 37): “We do not want to be beginners. But let us be convinced of the fact that we will never be … Continue reading
Capture a creature
Today’s blog post at Writing the Way Home includes a quote from Ted Hughes’ book Poetry in the Making. [I]magine what you are writing about. See it and live it. Do not think it up laboriously, as if you were … Continue reading