Living In Place
Finding an Endpoint on a Creative Project
Finishing a Revision I’ve been single-tasking to finish the revision of a book-length manuscript. Aside aside from working on Reviving Artemis: Becoming a Huntress at Sixty, I’ve...
Vandalizing Public “Trust”
While waiting for the library copy of Hernan Diaz’s novel Trust to become available, it won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, so when it was my turn to borrow, I rushed to start...
Martha Stewart v. Ordinary Goddesses of Womanhood
Martha Stewart told The New York Times it took courage and a lot of Pilates to pose for the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition as an 81-year old woman in a...
Yellowstone Souvenirs
A Mouthful of Words I’ve just returned from a first-ever visit to Yellowstone National Park and brought home a mouthful of words as souvenirs. Here are some of my favs: Big Sky I...
The Carbon Cost of Cyberspace
I Stand Corrected I thought I was so environmentally virtuous by working from home and sending my words out into cyberspace. But a reader who responded to the post about the...
Reclaiming Route 30
The torn up miles of Vermont Route 30 between Brattleboro and Newfane is no mere repaving project, but a full-depth reclamation (FDR) of the road surface. FDR requires making...