Hie Thee to a Writers’ Colony

by | Jun 24, 2010 | Writing Life

Will be scarce for a few weeks now. I am in Eureka Springs, Arkansas of all places, blessed to be a resident at The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow. Came with much to accomplish: work on a novel; write first drafts of two additional children’s stories that...

With Thanks to Barbara Cooney

by | Jun 13, 2010 | Bookshelf, Musings, Seasons

I cannot see a lupine flower without thinking of children’s book author and illustrator Barbara Cooney. In Miss Rumphius, Cooney tells the tale of a woman who returns to the coast of Maine after leading an adventurous life and sets out to fulfill her...