I want to live in a country that loves children more than guns.
I saw this photo on Twitter this morning. It comes from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has occurred for no reason other than Vladimir Putin’s craven plan to restore the former Soviet Union. But I’m not writing this post to discuss him or his clearly worsening mental instability. I’d like to talk about humanity. […]
Anne Rice, who wrote gothic novels such as Interview with a Vampire among other Vampire Chronicles books (and in addition to many other wonderful works), passed away on December 11 due to complications from a stroke. She was 80. I’ve been trying over these last few days to process this loss. I didn’t know Anne […]
When 2020 arrived, I was mildly aware of a new virus raging through China and moving into other parts of the world, but never imagined that it would become a worldwide pandemic that would affect me. Yet, that’s what happened. Here’s a small piece of my story. A Little Background… After staying home and only […]
A few short days ago on June 13th, I lost my best friend unexpectedly. Wilko wasn’t a human, but my 13-year-old mini dachshund, who, up until the night of June 11th, had been bright-eyed and full of life and energy. He grew lethargic and ill and was vomiting. A visit to his vet on June […]
Over the past two days, I’ve written 8,000 words on my novel-in-progress. Before you think “Oh wow! That’s great!” you should know that those 8,000 words weren’t easy for me to write. In fact, that chunk of words is more than I’ve managed to put out in the past two years combined. The question of “Why?” […]
June 29th, which is only three short days away, will mark one whole year since I graduated from Lesley University’s Creative Writing MFA program. To say I miss it would be a gross understatement. Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts and the greater Boston area were my home away from home from June 2012 until June […]
We’ve all run into times when we’re just not willing to let something go. I had my experience with this recently during residency at Lesley University. This is the place where I’m always pushed out of my comfort zone. Always. It happened at the first two residencies, and I should’ve known it would happen at […]
I’m two days removed from the end of my third residency in Lesley University’s MFA in Creative Writing program. I’m back in Wisconsin and sadly away from my writing friends and all things literary in Cambridge and Boston. And now that the classrooms are dark and empty, the seminars are over with, the workshops have […]
Ah, residency. That blissful nine-day span where nothing matters but literature and writing. I love it and am freshly home from my second residency in the MFA in Creative Writing Program at Lesley University. While this residency had its obvious differences from the first one back in June, it was still exactly what I needed–a […]