Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to speak to me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it.
- Anne de Lenclos
Writers are generally a crazy sort of people. To name just a few: Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, Edgar Allen Poe, Lewis Carroll, Joseph Heller (have you read Catch-22? You’d have to be crazy to write something like that!). Ann Waldron writes “Writers do behave oddly. They can be monomaniacal about their work, obsessional [...]
The Mad Hatter had it right. Every day should be a celebration. We should at least celebrate half-birthdays. My half-birthday is next weekend, by the way. No pressure or anything, just if anyone wants to spread some love or something, I can email you my mailing address (I love snail mail!). On June 29th, I’ll [...]
Thursday, the weather was perfect – Thursday afternoon especially. It felt like one of those quintessential summer days, the kind of days that inspire movies like Stand By Me, Now & Then, and My Girl. The sun was warm but not hot, and the breeze was cool but not cold. And most afternoons on the [...]