I think it was my friend Carla who told me that the opposite of Lent, or Lenten, that 40 days preceding Easter, is Fallen. (I think this was fall of 2011, when I blogged for 40 days in a row.) My mother, after sleeping pretty much steadily for two days this week, was evaluated by paramedics […]
My mother will be 82 years old tomorrow; I’m going to visit overnight, and three of her sisters and a niece will be meeting me and my sister in Allyn, at Mom’s new home, to have lunch–and cake! Here is a picture of Beverly with some of her sisters, a sister-in-law, and a niece, and […]
I have been reading two books that “talk” to each other. Each of the authors is learned in his or her field, witty and charming, a good storyteller. Sometimes, when I’m quiet and listen carefully enough, they break through the walls of the resistance I’ve been feeling lately (about my own writing, about my mother’s […]
“Literature deserves its prestige for one reason above all others: because it’s a tool to help us live and die with a little more wisdom, goodness and sanity.” I saw this on Aerogramme Writers’ Studio today, a video from The School of Life, and I want to share it with you. [youtube=http://youtu.be/4RCFLobfqcw]