Do you have a few minutes? If so, click here and read the first story. Why aren’t there more stories like this anymore? So beautiful. If, at first glance, that particular story looks too long for you, scroll down and read something shorter. I highly recommend “Some Things I Say to My Dog” and “Lost … Continue reading From the land of enchantment
See that to the left there, that photo? That is what we call les courgettes, people. I can see you all now, rolling your eyes, ready to launch into the annual moan and groan of those whose gardens overfloweth with zucchini. Don’t. Bring them to me instead. Here’s the deal: I love zucchini, love love … Continue reading Bring me your piles of green
I’m involved with a wonderful, grassroots non-profit, Life and Hope Haiti, which has built a school in northwest Haiti. Haiti is the poorest country in our hemisphere, and Life and Hope Haiti works to provide an education, basic needs and medical services to its students and their community. They are in need of both volunteers … Continue reading Life and Hope in Haiti
Goodies from my mailbox and camera
Telling all sides of the parenting story
Waking Up to Your Dreams
On James Baldwin and Diverse Literature
Putting those recalcitrant toddler cancer cells to bed...
your own PDK for writing
a collection of beautiful words.....
Objects, Memory and Meaning
If it can't be said in a hundred words, then it can't be said in a thousand.
sewing a handmade wardrobe
"drink from the well of your self and begin again" ~charles bukowski
Musings on poetry, language, perception, numbers, food, and anything else that slips through the cracks.
Thoughts on the world around me
Alison McGhee 