by Andi | Apr 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
My dad is a wild man at heart. I think that if he had been born in the 19th century, he would have been off to the Alaskan wilderness with a tent and an ax, completely content to clear a homestead and live his days in the Yukon. In fact, I’m not sure he’d... by Andi | Apr 6, 2015 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
The secret is that it isn’t the writer who decides whether or not his work is relevant. Instead it’s the reader. – Margaret Atwood When I spent my days teaching college students creative writing, I heard – at least once a class – this... by Andi | Apr 5, 2015 | Barn, chickens, Goats, God's Whisper
Someone small and feathered is singing up a flagrant storm outside. I don’t know bird songs well, but whatever this little one is, she is boisterous this Easter morning. As are the cherries. We are seeing our first spring here at the new farmstead, and she is... by Andi | Apr 4, 2015 | Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
I had the honor of spending a few hours with Tom Kaden and Michael Gingerich last week. I was immediately struck by their openness and their willingness to share their fears and challenges with writing. This honest vulnerability informs their work with Someone To... by Andi | Apr 3, 2015 | God's Whisper, Written and Wrought
asking us to open, to give rise to a song. – Elizabeth Howart in Mend and Hone I’m not sure how to open and sing today, Good Friday, when much is expected, a weightedness given to the day. I don’t feel weighted. For the first time in many, I feel...