The Fruit of our Lives

Posted at Writer Unboxed this morning

As I write this, it is the last morning of summer. My yearling kittens are crouched in the garden, watching a squirrel on the fence make his way through the face of a sunflower, methodically plucking out striped seeds with his tiny hands, cracking their shells, devouring the [...]

Tuesday's Random Beauty

 

 

A Martha Washington geranium that’s blooming in the living room window.  I spent a good hour taking pictures of it.  Very restful.  

Sunday and a random beauty

This is the first day I’ve had off in….well, I honestly can’t remember the last one.   I went to Denver, met HB for lunch and caught up on things, wandered around the Tattered  Cover and shot photos, then came home and uploaded several weeks of daily shots.  I haven’t edited all of them, but [...]

Voice classes reminder

Classes are filling.   1 slot left in each VOICE I, which begins October 1 (this Weds) and 1 slot left in Voice II, which begins October 22.

Email me with questions or to reserve a space.

I’m also teaching a very short workshop at the San Diego RWA on October 18, if you are [...]

Santa Barbara Harbor and the girls in the basement

For the past three days, as I showered, or chatted with a student or another writer, or walked from one hotel to the other, the girls in the basement have kept up a little series of nudges.  “Now? Can we come out and talk now?”  

Teaching, however, takes a lot of heart energy, mind [...]