“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” -e. e. cummings Do you dream of being a “real” writer? Do you have a compelling story that you’re dying to tell? Would you like to write your stories down for your children and grandchildren? When you brainstorm what you’d most like to write–what […]
A friend has a new grandson, and she reports that he is “perfection.” Of course he is perfection–what grandmother worth her salt would think otherwise? Even so, when she said it, we both laughed. I think we laughed because even though our children are now young adults, we remember all too well when they were babies. The […]
Just want to give you a quick head’s up about my guest post, yesterday, over at The Poetry Department. What I learned from writing this post, which is about the different lenses I apply to revising a poem, is that I have WAY TOO MUCH to say in a single post. I was asked for […]
I recently took my husband and two of my daughters to see Hidden Figures. The story of these women mathematicians inspired my husband to go out and buy the nonfiction book on which the movie is based. His report is that the movie goes way beyond the more grounded details of the real-life story. But I find […]