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What causes writers to stop reading?
Carl Phillips says:
“If all we can ever know comes filtered through the lens of our own experience, and if we are readers, some part of our very selves will be the result of what we have read—this is obvious enough. Good writers not only have read widely and deeply, but […]
After our last visit to Oriental East, I promised myself I’d never eat there again. The food was slow to arrive and greasy. And then a friend came into town from California. He loves, loves this restaurant. Of course, I went. Only because he’s from out of town though. Only because this friend is really […]
I found this on Eduardo’s blog (he found it on C. Dale’s blog). Robert Hass blows people up. The article is really Robert Hass Blows My Mind, and five poets discuss their favorite poem of his. My favorite poem of his is Meditation at Lagunitas but A Story About the Body is also good. There. […]
Deb: Do you like bananas?
O: No. (as she munches on a banana)
Deb: Am I from planet Earth?
O: No.
Deb: Is Daddy your real Daddy?
O: No.
Deb: Does Daddy take showers?
O: No.
You can see the amusement is never ending.
This work-at-home job from Google seems like a good fit for a writer. I wish there’d been something like this Google job around when I was in grad school.
My husband worked a lot of the day on a recent weekend day and that left me as the sole parent for the day. He would have to work the next 3 nights and that would leave me as the sole parent then, too. It had been many days since I’d claimed a moment to […]
Before work the other day, I ate oatmeal. I knew such a protein-light breakfast would keep me full for about six minutes so I took a banana with me in the car. A banana would last me another 6 minutes easy.
The banana was fine when I put it inside my bag — nice and […]
I’ve been thinking again about our lack of a dryer and how much I’ve enjoyed hanging out clothes out to dry. I like the old-fashioned quality of this task, the slow pace of hanging the clothes, being with my daughter outside while I complete the work. I enjoy enjoying the task, too!
We’ve not used a […]
Sometimes I think it would be easier NOT to be a writer or an artist. I think of one mother friend of mine. She seems content to work and mother. Wow! I would certainly get more sleep if I had two main goals. Instead, I run a poetry magazine, work full-time, write poems, mother and […]