Rochester Posed: I made the mistake of talking Clementine with me downtown to see Rochester Posed, where movie and TV characters are brought to life with live mannequins in store fronts. There were so many people, despite a light rain, that I feared she might get trampled by the oohing and ahhing crowd. I had to take her home and return, but least all the walking made my Fitbit happy. This is … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Marci Diel
What: For 21 years, I've been “Head of Everything” for MarciDiehl.com as a multi-media writer, editor and producer/consultant for the web, print, video, and social media. Before that, I married during college and had four sons in 8 years. I was a (mostly) stay-at-home mom, writing freelance for national, regional and local magazines -- Golf Digest, Golf Magazine, Success Magazine, SCORE … [Read more...]
Taken too soon
Earlier this year I discovered the infant section at Mount Avon Cemetery. Eleven babies in all. They were hard to find because the stones were nearly completely grown over. I imagine the parents have moved out of town and are no longer able to tend to their sites, but they keep their little ones forever in their hearts. I spent a couple hours cleaning them up. Joshua Daniel Friedle, … [Read more...]
Love and loss on Labor Day, 2017
Emotional support: Today I tidied the gravesites of Jacob Vaness Young, his wife Leita and their two children, swapping out summer flowers for fall stuff. I took my corgi, Clementine, with me for the first time since late spring, when a cranky cop told me "No pets allowed in the cemetery." In other words, vacate and don't come back (this, after several other officers over many years have chatted … [Read more...]
Imagining Fictional Characters
A series of fun photographs I took with dolls posed behind the partial figure on my book cover got me thinking about faces on book covers, and what we imagine when we read. What do you see when you read? Think of your favorite character: What, exactly, do you envision? Can you conjure an actual face? A body? Peter Mendelsund writes in What We See When We Read: Even if an author excels at … [Read more...]
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