Merry Christmas 2010–a virtual greeting

First, I want to apologize for being lame and not mailing cards this year. We took some pictures a few weeks ago for that purpose, but they didn’t turn out fit to print. I’ll throw one up here: Back row: Gama, Tricia, Danny, Art, Kenny,  Nefi, Rosalie,...

wide open

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.–Emily Dickinson

book review: Cinders

My writing pal Michelle asked me to post a review for her new novella, Cinders. Don’t make the mistake I did. This isn’t a fairytale retelling a la Goose Girl or Beauty. This book has more in common with the musical Into the Woods than Ella Enchanted....

punctuation would help

Confusion. photo “People” have deemed this sentence to be grammatically correct: “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.” What sort of people are these?  (for an explanation, see the font of all wisdom:...

how.

(photo) “If you want to write, you must begin by beginning, continue by continuing, finish by finishing. This is the great secret of it all. Tell no one.” – Jack Heffron (The Writer’s Idea Book)