Monthly Archives: September 2013

How do you translate silence onto the page? I hear nothing but ringing in my ears. My brain feels numb. I want to write, but words surface in scrambled nonsense. I cannot put together anything that makes sense. Thoughts jump from … Continue reading →

In the stillness of first light before the birds sing, while my love slumbers in silence beside me, words come rapidly with beauty and clarity, with humor and poignancy, without abandon. The writer within is free! The internal editor is … Continue reading →

My mother was always throwing important “things” (translation: treasures) away during spring and fall housecleaning.  In my mind she clearly did not understand the significance of a saved stone or a dried, crumbling collection of pressed leaves stored in a … Continue reading →