by Debra Darvick | May 30, 2008 | Musings, Seasons
Around our house cobalt blue is called “Debra blue” because everyone knows how much I love the intensity of that hue. I wear it, collect it, plant it. I’ve been told I’m drawn to this color because the lightwaves projected by cobalt blue resonate with my own...
by Debra Darvick | May 28, 2008 | Bookshelf
Marisa de los Santos’ novels maybe too sweet and predictible for some readers, but I’ve quite happily escaped into Love Walked In and Belong to Me. Who needs harsh and unsettling all the time? de los Santos’ characters are charming — Cornelia Brown, a winsome...
by Debra Darvick | May 27, 2008 | Writing Life
I don’t know if lassoing an agent is any easier these days but the resources afforded by the internet sure are helpful. Whatever your stage in the writing game, the sites below provide useful information, interesting discussions and good leads. Ponies, ponies...
by Debra Darvick | May 23, 2008 | Musings
One week ago I had to put our beloved Bichon Frisee to sleep. Such a gentle euphemism for ending (it felt like taking) the life of the sweet little white bundle who adored each member of our family as only a dog can. When you’re Jewish, the phrase “To Life!” permeates...
by Debra Darvick | May 21, 2008 | Bookshelf
This week’s read kept me turning the pages, except when naturalist Diane Ackerman’s marvelous digressions into botany, linguistics, and Nazi Germany’s monstrous goals to reprogram the entire genome of the planet stopped me in my tracks. Ackerman recounts the...
