“And it may be that love sometimes occurs without pain or misery.” – E. Annie Proulx, The Shipping News The last, perfect line of one of my favorite novels. I love reading them, so now I’m joining the #SundaySentence party started by David Abrams over at the Quivering Pen and on Twitter. It’s not a review. It’s not a story. … Read More
Sunday Sentence: Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
“A certain feeling comes from throwing your good life away, and it is one part rapture.” – Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior This is the very first sentence in this beautiful novel. One of the best first lines ever. I love reading them, so now I’m joining the #SundaySentence party started by David Abrams over at the Quivering Pen and on … Read More
Today’s Walk: Morning Light
“Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.” ― Lemony Snicket, The Blank Book These are from a walk I took Monday morning before I began to work or even think. A storm the night before was gone but left its mark. … Read More
Today’s Walk: Erosion
“The waves broke and spread their waters swiftly over the shore. One after another they massed themselves and fell; the spray tossed itself back with the energy of their fall. The waves were steeped deep-blue save for a pattern of diamond-pointed light on their backs which rippled as the backs of great horses ripple with muscles as they move. The … Read More
Sunday Sentence: Leaving Tinkertown by Tanya Ward Goodman
“I feel my own place in the world dissolving in the tide of Dad’s forgetting.” – Tanya Ward Goodman, Leaving Tinkertown Her father was a an artist, a collector, a carnival man who was “with it.” She was his “best kid.” When he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, she and all who loved him began to lose him memory by memory. … Read More
Today’s Walk: Market Day in Ocean Beach
“An ordinary simple street is the mirror of the whole world!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan Too many days, too few walks. Then came the chance to walk to the post office to mail a book to someone and there it was: the mirror of the world. Music. Color. The smells of empanadas, tamales, ribs, herbs, lavender cream. Tastes of honey, … Read More
Sunday Sentence: Don’t Let Me Be Lonely by Claudia Rankine
“Maybe hope is the same as breath – part of what it means to be human and alive.” Claudia Rankine, Don’t Let Me Be Lonely I’ve been reading this book slowly for a long time. It is meant to be absorbed word by word, image by image. Today, this is the sentence that claimed my attention and my heart. I … Read More
For You: A February Fiction Fest
I’ve been looking forward to this all month. After all the support you have given me, I get to offer a very special giveaway to a lucky reader. Beginning Monday, February 22, you can enter a drawing to win not one, but FIVE novels. Think about the alliterative possibilities here: Fine February Fiction From Five …Authors, okay, ran out of … Read More
Sunday Sentence: Between The World And Me
” ‘Good intention’ is a hall pass through history, a sleeping pill that ensures the Dream.” Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between The World And Me I love reading them, so now I’m joining the #SundaySentence party started by David Abrams over at the Quivering Pen and on Twitter. It’s not a review. It’s not a story. It’s just one sentence I read … Read More
Catching Days: A Guest Post and Goodbye
For fourteen years, this dog has witnessed every word I’ve written or struggled to write. When Cynthia Newberry Martin invited me to write about one of my days on her blog, Catching Days, Chloe guided me one last time, this time with her absence. I share it here in her honor. To read, click here.