The other day, my seven-year old granddaughter and I made critters out of sea shells. She did the designing and I handled the hot glue gun. I had to do my best to interpret her visions. I learned … Continue reading >>
WHAT?
Poems. Lots and lots of poems—formal, free-verse, all the stuff in the middle. A list of five things that don’t suck (almost every day). Reviews, talks, emails. Too many emails. But then poems … Continue reading >>
Making a book trailer for In the Context of Love on iMovie was as much fun and almost as daunting as it was to write the book. There were so many directions to go in, so many possible scenarios and … Continue reading >>
Do visuals cheapen books?
A book is for quiet time. A book stimulates the imagination to create its own visuals. Wouldn't that imaginative process be spoiled if you watched a book trailer? Have we … Continue reading >>
WHAT?
To live is to be creative – we are all creatures of creativity. I mean, I remember figuring out how to tie my shoe laces. That’s creativity. The ants figure out how to get into the hummingbird … Continue reading >>
An endless source of amusement:
He always had a joke to tell, a funny story, or did something to make me laugh. He could take the two parts of whatever it was that I was crying over and make them … Continue reading >>