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Pinterest, or, I never thought I was “that kind of girl.”
I lost 20 pounds, mostly from not eating what my mom was eating when she was eating it, to make her feel less like she was eating ice cream and chocolate covered fruit and pasta salad and whatever she...
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What’s on Your List?
I’ve let too much time pass since I’ve last blogged (blogged? Is this a verb?) Let’s try this again. I’ve let too much time pass since I’ve last POSTED on my blog. That’s better. I can claim busy-ness....
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On not getting picked for teams
I never ever got picked for anything at recess, or, to be Southern about it, I ‘never got picked for squat.’ This is because I was sullen and a weird combination of agonizingly shy and astonishingly...
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Forgive me for my slackitude, but this is a THING!
Forgive me for my slackitude, but I’ve been grading papers. For those of you who grade papers, you know the mountainous thing of which I speak. But while I wasn’t grading papers (which I sometimes do...
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On Indies First, and winter
I’m pulling copy from A Cappella Books here, because Clara wrote this interview with me and managed to pull coherent thoughts from my head. Indies First is a personal reminder of the role independent...
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What if I blogged again and told you about a grilled cheese sandwich?
Which is exactly what I am doing now, blogging about a grilled cheese sandwich. I am between books (mine) my semester is a week from over (two schools) and my summer stretches before me, so I will BLOG...
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If I cleaned my desk…
If I cleaned off my desk (and the floor, and the piles of papers and books wedged sideways into the three, count ‘em, three, walls of bookshelves in my studio, would I make any overtures toward the...
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I went to Maine and I drew pictures
I went to Maine and I drew some pictures. Badly. I also wore wraps and long sleeves. Well. I made a drawing of a dessicated crab (oh, wait, that was Coney Island.) I made an attempt at drawing the...
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Good news for archival image dorks like me
The venerable British Library has made thousands of archival images available online, for free. They’re PD – I’m so excited about this that I’m resorting to using copyright jargon. PD is “public...
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In front of the camera is unusual…
I’ve been behind the scenes on film and video shoots for so long. My 1st career (is that even still a thing?) was in television production, first as a production coordinator, then a production...
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