April 23, 2019
Gleanings
- Maybe this failure has left a space for something new
- We know our children so well, their every mood and whim, each and every freckle on their cheeks. So, to see them out in the world is precious, because it’s a perspective we rarely get.
- I found myself hovering between the twilight of a life and the exciting beginning of another, brimming with light, song, spring, migratory restlessness.
- I am so grateful to all the people who motivate me to make, who celebrate the mistakes, are inspired by them, even, and who choose to bring my heartfelt creations into their homes.
- Once the shoot appears, you don’t abandon it and binge watch Deadwood (though I do recommend that latter). You tend it, adjust what needs to be adjusted, water it, care for it, sing Flock of Seagulls’ songs to it.
- Search widely, write courageously, and be open to possibility.
- So I’ve been baking bread, off and on, for a very long time. I’ve grown and learned a few tricks along the way.
- You will find writers who will argue quite fiercely for what an essay is or isn’t. I’m more interested in what it can be.
- April was showering in earnest today, but it did not deter sufficient numbers of readers from carefully bundling up their books and reading devices and meeting for our largest gathering of silent book club devotees to date…
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