The buckeye have turned rusty and crackling. Poison oak is turning too. The meadow grass is platinum blond with dark green tufts of tarweed starting to poke through. Blood red dragonflies skim over the surface of the waving grass. Today … Continue reading
Approaching Fall
Writers Groups- Adding Members
When I was pregnant with my third child, I read that each time a new child enters a family, a number of new relationships are formed, that number being relative to the number of people already in the family. In … Continue reading
Downhill with My Grandsons
When I arrived at Raleigh’s at 6am on Sunday, August’s bike was upturned in the center of the living room and my son and grandson were were working on the chain that had broken the night before. They were surrounded … Continue reading
Risk & Discovery ala Ellen Bass
I recently spent 3 days working with Ellen Bass at the Mendocino Coast Writers Conference. Dorianne Laux says that Bass creates “poetry that goes straight to the heart.” Her books, Mules of Love and The Human Line, are smart, intimate, … Continue reading
Ahhh–The Water
During our vacation to Alaska, I was acutely conscious of my attachment to the earth and things that grow: trees, grasses, shrubs, moss. Yes, I love the earth, but then there is the water. Ahh, the water! Being near water … Continue reading
