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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I’m thrilled to be sharing the Zoom stage with three fantastic authors at Oblong Books on September 14, when Jackie Polzin, Sy Montgomery, and I will be in conversation with Florence Williams.
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Visiting book clubs has reminded me how books bring us together.
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When my computer died, it forced me to return to some old ways of writing.
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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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Spring is here and so are the baby chicks. Here’s what they taught me about mindfulness.
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I'd been writing for years before I called myself a writer. I wish I hadn't waited so long.
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Nighttime, it turns out, is not the best time to check the hive.
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As I witnessed the bees’ extraordinary daily labor, I couldn’t help but think of parallels to writing. Here are three lessons this writer learned from the bees during this year of staying home.
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Just like life in a honeybee hive, writing is always happening, even when it doesn’t look like it.
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