I’ve taught dozens of workshops over the years; all anyone wants to hear about is writing memoir, which is beginning to seem quite dull to me…
Blog Posts on Writing and Authors
Being Seventeen
I was beginning to revel in the unexpected adventures and treasures of my sophomore year at college… I would never have expected that I would make a gift of my poems to my parents.
The Fruits of the Past Five Years
It has taken many years, many rejections, disappointments and sidetracks, to get to the place I wanted to be when I published my first book in the 1960s.
Can Writing Be Taught?
I face this crucial question whenever I am about to begin teaching another workshop, always now in memoir writing, which over the last twenty years has become a crucial form of self-expression for many women and some men who aspire to shape, refine and share their stories.
The Spirit of Easter
To me, Good Friday now means that we are about to experience She Is Risen: spring, the yellow tulips in my garden, and the statue of the goddess Quan Yin.
The Pleasures of Being a Lifelong Learner
One of the many advantages of a long life is that there’s time—if it is well used—to keep on learning. I’m reminded of this as I begin again to work
It’s Coming!
I look on the eighteen short stories in How Daddy Lost His Ear and Other Stories as a miracle I will never entirely understand—or need to—but here’s a stab at it.
I’m Proud!
I’ve changed and the site has changed since I started it in 2002.
Some Miracles
I’ve been blessed often in my life but seldom as fully as in this past week.
Cures for the Blues
We’ve been told by many authorities to get outside and walk… another surefire cure for the blues is poetry… And then there’s the power in singing, anytime, anywhere with any kind of voice.