Book Tour!

I’m thrilled to be doing an in-person book tour for Crow Talk this spring. Hope you can join me at one of these events in conversation with wonderful authors and supported by fabulous indie booksellers.

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Eileen Garvin
Last minute gift idea!

Pre-order Crow Talk for the holiday season and Waucoma Bookstore will print you a certificate to give to your loved one this holiday season to let them know it is on the way.

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Days of Anticipation

In her book Animals Make Us Human, Temple Grandin refers to the scientific theory of core emotions to explain how dogs operate. This system is made up of four so-called “blue ribbon emotions” — seeking, panic, fear, and rage.

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Eileen Garvin
Flailing in the porridge pool

Starting a new project does not make me feel calm. It makes me feel like I’m on the edge of the pool trying to work up the nerve to jump in. This is the worst moment because I know I’m going to flail epically. I will feel like I’m swimming across an Olympic-sized pool full of porridge.

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Eileen Garvin
Marching Forth

It’s hard to know what to do with the larger traumas and tragedies. That not-knowing is another difficult in-between time. I find relief in my own homey routines, like feeding the animals and humans I love.

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Eileen Garvin
Back to School

It’s fall, which means back to school time, even for me. I love this time of year, which reminds me of my own school days and my brief time as a teacher. (Saint Teresa Elementary students in the village of Leon: I’ll love you forever.)

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Fly Like a Chicken

Watching them poke around in the straw of their run, I realize that the chicks are on their way to becoming chickens. If all goes according to plan, I’ll have eggs by the end of the summer. I’d become so caught up in the day-to-day chick rearing, that I’d lost sight of that goal. Remembering it might help ease this transition.

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Eileen Garvin