Writing Thoughts
About The Hit…
I love that there's a literary journal dedicated to sport and literature--Stymie Magazine. The connection between sports and writing seems natural to me. My husband says a baseball season is like a Russian novel. I guess a football … Read More >>
Madison Monday
Madison Monday: early summer…
If you get up early enough, the fog is still over the river. It hasn't rolled off onto the town, yet, like a sleepy person stretching out before getting out of bed. Some mornings up at the community garden, I've watched it creep all … Read More >>
Mindful Thoughts
How to make black bean pizza…
One of my family’s favorite meals is homemade pizza–a black bean pizza. I make the dough in the bread machine and it takes an hour and fifty minutes. I used to put the ingredients in at any old time of the day. The dough can sit in the … Read More >>
Bookish Thoughts
Books I’ve read so far this summer
It's that time of summer when the waiting begins. Going outside at least several times a day to check the length of the little eggplant forming. The size of the pepper. The color of the tomatoes hanging on the vine. Before the next wave of vegetable inundation … Read More >>
Family Thoughts
Week of Winter Walking: Day Seven
As promised, Day Seven in my Week of Winter Walking takes us to sunnier climates, where my mom and dad are walking the beaches of Sanibel Island, Florida. Most years, I'm down there with them, but due to irreconcilable differences in spring break schedules (our … Read More >>
Nature Thoughts
Me vs. the zucchini, part 2
I didn't take any pictures of the sandwiches Thursday, and this is something of a tragedy. They were a thing of beauty. Well, it looked okay. It tasted awesome. Thursday, my friends came over for lunch, so of course, it was another opportunity to find a way … Read More >>
Sociological Thoughts
There is no skinny woman within
So this catalog showed up in my mail today. I've never heard of this company. Never ordered anything from them. I brought it inside and sat it on the dining room table and only just now picked it up. Are they selling luggage, I thought. I don't need luggage. Why … Read More >>
Pop Culture Thoughts
A Sunday without football is…
A Sunday without football is almost not a Sunday at all. Oh, sure, the sun comes up. You have your coffee. Maybe even a little treat, like orange rolls fresh from the oven. But there's no pre-game shows. No GameDay Morning. No Rich Eisen and Steve Mariucci. … Read More >>
Random Thoughts
A night at the game
- We sat behind home plate, and things look different back there. From that angle, sometimes even I can tell the difference between a ball and a strike before the umpire makes the call. - From where we sat, you could see some of the dugout. The Reds … Read More >>
Writing Thoughts
So good it hurts
I’ve been reading some things lately that are so good it hurts that I didn’t write them. This story by Travis Hessman at PANK. Everything by Roxane Gay on tumbr. It’s what I felt the first time I read Wendell Berry–his novel Jayber Crow. So happy that someone had … Read More >>
Madison Monday
Madison Monday: vegetable rules
My husband is something of a city boy and it's taken him years to internalize all the complicated rules around gardening, vegetables, and their storage. In fact, really, he's still learning. It's a lifelong process. But I thought for other folks who have either … Read More >>
Mindful Thoughts
My phone is silent
This week I turned off the Gmail notification on my phone. The only sound it will be making now is when someone calls or texts me. The rest of the time, my phone will be silent. My Gmail account is the one I use for my writing life. When I was querying my novel, … Read More >>
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There is no skinny woman within
So this catalog showed up in my mail today. I've never heard of this company. Never ordered anything from them. I brought it inside and sat it on the … Read More >>
Madison Monday: early summer morning
If you get up early enough, the fog is still over the river. It hasn't rolled off onto the town, yet, like a sleepy person stretching out before … Read More >>
Me vs. the zucchini, part 2
I didn't take any pictures of the sandwiches Thursday, and this is something of a tragedy. They were a thing of beauty. Well, it looked okay. It … Read More >>
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