Entries by Bethany

A Poet in the Family

I found this picture on Kelli Russell Agodon’s blog, The Book of Kells, and thought it was such a wonderful Christmas gift to moi that I shared it on Facebook, and I’m sharing it here for all my writer friends. Kelli’s post nails it — just what my family says, and (often) how I interpret what they […]

Happy Holidays from A Writer’s Alchemy

    Christmas Trees   by Robert Frost A Christmas Circular Letter The city had withdrawn into itself And left at last the country to the country; When between whirls of snow not come to lie And whirls of foliage not yet laid, there drove A stranger to our yard, who looked the city, Yet did […]

Gift Ideas for Writers

I got this idea from Jennifer K’s blog, which I follow. She has five great ideas. I’ll add a couple more. My top gift ideas for writers? 1. Housecleaning! Because how can I justify sitting here, writing, when my house is so dusty? When it badly needs vacuumed? The kitchen! The bathrooms! 2. Another book. […]

Your Favorite Books?

It’s a time of year for gift giving. If you were going to give someone your top ten books, what would those ten books be? My friend Janet writes: I wish your readers would share “what they reread.” If you put it that way: all of Jane Austen every couple years. All of Dorothy L […]