When I was a kid, I spent several holiday seasons in a row rehearsing and performing in a little black box theater here in my town. The theater is still here, and has miraculously changed very little. The play was called Yonder Peasant, and the script, music, and lyrics were all lovingly crafted by the…
one more cookie
Wednesday was the girls’ last day of school for the year. It was one of those days that tend to come at this time–there was family sharing where the girls got to show me lessons in their classrooms, then we came home at noon with Sadie’s best friend in the center seat. There was…
the gift of the year
I love to give calendars.It’s just that they’re so useful, and the gift lasts the whole year, and the right calendar? It can be the most beautiful art in the house. I’ve been noticing more and more calendars that just blow me away with their beauty–I could fill a whole room with all of these…
your own black friday
The girls have really jumped into the Black Friday spirit.It’s like they’re on the automatic American clock. Friday morning, after a turkey induced and sugar troubled sleep, they were up at 6, art supplies everywhere, making presents.I think so far they are all for my sister, Maia. She’s got quite a pile. They’re in a…
nibby buckwheat cookies
I am a sucker for feeding people. I can’t help it. Sometimes my desire to fill the bellies of friends who come into the house feels a little bit beyond my control. Come by to drop off a book. Leave with granola. I don’t even know how it happened. I just slip you a bag,…
Occasionally I teach workshops, and I have one coming up this fall. Join me and stellar novelist 