Aug 16, 2022 | The Writerly Life
The third time an emergency alert awakened me, I reached for my phone. It was dark, darkest dark, the bright light just outside the window by my Hindman, Kentucky bed for the first time not providing 24-hour illumination of our tiny shared room. Power must be out, no...
Jul 19, 2022 | reading & recs
I AM NOT a competitive reader. I don’t set goals, I don’t strategize my list, I don’t look to fill in defined categories or stretch into genres (with intention) I don’t typically enjoy. Which is to say I am basically a mood reader (totally in...
Aug 23, 2020 | The Writerly Life
IN APRIL, in the early days of Covid, I made the rather impulsive decision to up and self-publish my first novel. I had great support from a handful of writers I deeply respect and who are renown. I had full reads and good interest from multiple literary agents even...
Jun 4, 2019 | travel & inspiration, nature & awe
It’s a more gentle life here in these North Carolina mountains when slow, yet sure, comes June. Temperatures modulate, the winds calm (relatively speaking), our meadow comes to life. A wild new green climbs the ridges then settles, making a deep rich carpet, one...
Mar 11, 2018 | reading & recs
It’s so fun to look back over these reads and to share them with you here. There are some good ones! JANUARY A Walk in the Woods, by Bill Bryson Now that we spend a good bit of time in the North Carolina Mountains, Tim and I are a bit obsessed with hiking the...
Mar 7, 2018 | reading & recs
I’ve done a lot of reading in the last five months even if I haven’t done much writing about it here. Time for a catch-up because I am JACKED to tell you about them all and in particular the five I particularly loved–two of which make their...
