Living In Place
Working through Problems with Automatic Writing
When I don’t know what I want to say, when I want to go deeper into an idea, and when I want to clear my mind, I turn to automatic writing. WRITING PRACTICE In automatic writing,...
Thanksgiving by the Numbers
Thanksgiving 2017 by the numbers: Between Sunday, November 19, when the first relatives arrived from California, to Sunday, November 25, when the last visitors departed after...
Hosting the Destination Thanksgiving
One of the wonderful things about Living in Place is hosting the Destination Thanksgiving every year. My nearest and dearest arrive by train, plane and automobile while I...
Reprinting My Plymouth Rock Has Become a Thanksgiving Tradition
I originally wrote My Plymouth Rock for Thanksgiving, 2007. It's becoming a Thanksgiving tradition to republish it, because I think it's important for all Americans to remember...
Stick Season Starts The Day the Gingko Drops Its Leaves
Stick Season begins the day the gingko tree drops its leaves, marking the transition from autumn foliage to late fall. While it’s the blazing foliage that gets all the press, and...
A Visit to the MFA
On Monday, after a weekend when both Tim and I worked, we drove to Boston and visited the MFA. Tim drove while I read him another installment of Word by Word: The Secret Life of...