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...]
Stinky Incidents: How to de-skunk a dog
Dogs don't have the best of boundaries when it comes to skunks. You think they'd learn after the first spraying to stay away from the lumbering black animal with the white stripe. Clementine's episode A few nights ago, Clementine was going bananas over something she'd apparently pinned alongside the garage. Hydrangea bushes kept the unknown hidden from my sight, but my doggy sure knew something … [Read more...]
5 Reasons to Attend the DWW Writers Conference
Does your writing need a boost? The best way to invest in your writing career is to take it seriously. Invest in yourself as a writer by attending a writers’ conference. Nourish your identity, no matter what level of writer you are. Spend time surrounded by other writers. Learn from them. A writers' conference is where you should be! Unsure? Here are 5 reasons to attend the upcoming DWW … [Read more...]
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