Have you ever wondered why those family heirlooms are so precious? In the 1800s women performed magical feats that took months. They started with sheep and transformed their fur into beautifully detailed woven bed-coverings. Beyond clever, many women had their own original designs. After being dazzled by the process of weaving, I joined the Northwest […]
Interview: Alison Moore
Author/Performer and Riders of the Orphan Train Crow: People from all over the world find each other. I met Alison through Kerrville and the band Still on the Hill. After reading her book Small Spaces between Emergencies, I became an admirer and fan. In the swirl of years, I haven’t kept up with all she’s […]
An Interview to Die For: Author Radine Trees Nehring
Are you part of a writers’ group? It’s a few people who get together each week or month and share what they’ve been writing. It’s a time for constructive criticism, discussion, and occasionally commiseration. For a decade I was part of the Spavinaw Authors’ Guild in Gravette, Arkansas. We all had different backgrounds, skills, and […]
Painting Portraits. A Universe in Each Person. What speaks to you?
Have you ever tried to draw someone you know? or even a movie star? We all see differently.. and focus on different parts of what we see. The better you know someone, the more you see the Universe within them. By watching how people move through the world and what they write or say… by […]
Your thoughts…please
If you’ve read my collection of short stories released ten years ago, “Flights of Fancy…”, I’d like to hear your thoughts. Why? I’m editing and augmenting that book for re-release later this year. A few folks said that they enjoyed reading one story a night until the book finished. Others wanted more stories with the […]
Tinker-Belle and the Curmudgeon
New Year. Most cultures have a cyclical annual celebration. It’s just a date on the calendar, but it’s a chance to place a marker and consider the road in both directions. Resolutions can be goals we plan to reach or approach to improve ourselves. They can also be land mines set to injure our self-esteem. […]