The Chase of Publication

and if I could keep it up god, if I could keep that up   I’d go absolutely right straight crazy to heaven – from “This Darknight Speed” by Eloise Klein Healy   The air won’t come fast enough. I’m dodging through trees,...

Why I Appreciate 12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave. I didn’t want to see it for entertainment – although it is a powerful piece of film-making. I wanted to see it because it is history, a history that has shaped my home and my experience of the world – for good and also for very ill...

What I Want My Words To Do To You

This phrase is what always comes to mind when I think about writing or more specifically why I share my writing.  The phrase comes from Eve Ensler’s film by the same name, the best film I know about writing.  In the film, the writers do not want notoriety...

The Drive of Stories

In a little while, P and I will hit the backroads of our rural county. We do this often – this winding and wending through the mountains. We point out – “look at that barn” or “that house is gorgeous” or “the light on the side...