I’m not an unkind person, but I’m certainly not someone for whom the attribute “kind” is the first thing that comes to mind. In fact, kindness is an issue I’ve grappled with since about 2nd grade when I wasn’t very … Continue reading
Kindness Training
Dengue & Me
I might not ever know for sure if I had dengue fever, but what I do know is that after I returned from Baja Sur, I fell ill in a whole new way. I was wracked by fever that set … Continue reading
WNFIN–Great NaNoWriMo Counterpart!
Ever since I first heard about NaNoWriMo in the late 90s from a friend whose nephew was doing it, I wanted to give it a try. It seemed like an incredible undertaking, and for a while I didn’t think … Continue reading
Rim Fire Days
There was a puff of smoke in the sky to the south, clearly a fire, something our eyes are alert to in the foothills all summer. We watched a pyrocumulus cloud form on the horizon–beautiful but not benign. The cloud … Continue reading
Pam Houston Glimmers
A double fatality accident on Highway 49 made me late to Pam Houston’s evening reading at Columbia College. I was still thinking about the hot red flares on the road and the line of cars diverted to an alternate route … Continue reading
