Living In Place
You Can Get Here From There . . .
You can get here from there, but it’s not easy.Jonathan and Leslie arrived from the West Coast on Christmas Day, riding the tail end of unusual shirtsleeve weather, which...
The Year’s Midnight
Tis the year’s midnight, and I’ve been reading John Donne to light my way in the pale squibs of light during the seven brief hours of these short days. Without snow, those...
Sense of Place in the Novel; Guest Post by Suzanne d’Corsey
Today's Guest Post is by Suzanne d'Corsey, friend, neighbor, and author of the debut novel, The Bonnie Road (ThunderPoint Publishing), a novel where setting informs plot,...
December.
December’s already a hard month of waning light and dwindling days without adding the anxiety of elbowing my way through frantic shoppers or digging myself into debt. With so...
Gifts From the Garden
I like to give gifts. I just don’t like to shop: not for groceries, not for clothes, not for cars. Shopping takes time away from things that I do enjoy, like my work,...
Locally Sourced Books
Just as I try to eat locally sourced food, I also like to give locally sourced books as gifts, especially in December, which begins with my husband’s birthday. For the past...