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Letters, Words, Thoughts, Ideas, Stories...: Bright Before Sunrise
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Letters, Words, Thoughts, Ideas, Stories. Friday, May 4, 2012. The best things in my life come in TWOs. Obviously there's my favorite duo - The Schmidtlets. Look, Momma, we can edit too. Then there's my pair of puggles. Being this adorable is *exhausting*. And now I'm adding a new two. To the list: A SECOND BOOK DEAL! I’m thrilled to share that my second book - Bright Before Sunrise. Will be published by Walker-Bloomsbury in winter 2014! Here’s a little more about Bright Before Sunrise. Thats fantastic n...
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Kissing the Earth: The Landscape of Space Reprise
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One of us lives on the east coast. One of us lives on the west. One of us lives in a rural community. One of us lives in a city. Both of us wander. Both of us witness. Both of us write. This is a record of what we find. Friday, June 19, 2015. The Landscape of Space Reprise. I love this quote. And I believe it deeply:. A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it. Samuel Johnson is credited with saying that. Here is another way to put it:. From BookBrowse's FB page. Have you ever done that? I created...
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Kissing the Earth: Repost of Community Garden
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One of us lives on the east coast. One of us lives on the west. One of us lives in a rural community. One of us lives in a city. Both of us wander. Both of us witness. Both of us write. This is a record of what we find. Thursday, June 4, 2015. Repost of Community Garden. We have a community garden on our block! Not good. Not good at all. At the other end of our block, just past my house, there is a big open field. A local guy owns it. Way back when it was used as a cow pasture. Our pole bean teepee.
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Kissing the Earth: The (Possible) Blessings of Boredom (revisited from 6/26/14)
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One of us lives on the east coast. One of us lives on the west. One of us lives in a rural community. One of us lives in a city. Both of us wander. Both of us witness. Both of us write. This is a record of what we find. Thursday, June 11, 2015. The (Possible) Blessings of Boredom (revisited from 6/26/14). Well, I’m not exactly sure what I’m going to do next. I mean, I have plenty I could. I hope you’re getting good and bored on that lovely beach in Tahiti…). But I do actually know that it’s so impo...
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Kissing the Earth: January 2015
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One of us lives on the east coast. One of us lives on the west. One of us lives in a rural community. One of us lives in a city. Both of us wander. Both of us witness. Both of us write. This is a record of what we find. Thursday, January 29, 2015. Asking questions can be enlightening and dangerous. The small questions—what should I do today? Hinge on the larger questions why and how? Why make another drawing? Why paint another painting? Why write another story? I have talked about this quite a bit in the...
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Kissing the Earth: Herding Gulls
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One of us lives on the east coast. One of us lives on the west. One of us lives in a rural community. One of us lives in a city. Both of us wander. Both of us witness. Both of us write. This is a record of what we find. Thursday, June 25, 2015. During times when so much of my life seems to be in uncertain flux, it's good to look back and realize that some things haven't changed. Just off the pier, a class of grade school children sang sea shanties from the deck of the Balclutha—a retired, three-mas...
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Kissing the Earth: May 2015
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One of us lives on the east coast. One of us lives on the west. One of us lives in a rural community. One of us lives in a city. Both of us wander. Both of us witness. Both of us write. This is a record of what we find. Thursday, May 28, 2015. Authentic Sense Of Place. The thought-provoking article focused on building local in the Pacific Northwest, but brought up ideas that are relevant no matter where you live. (Or if you’re a fiction writer, where your characters live! Like many, I am drawn to landsca...
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Kissing the Earth: The Landscape of a Truck Farm
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One of us lives on the east coast. One of us lives on the west. One of us lives in a rural community. One of us lives in a city. Both of us wander. Both of us witness. Both of us write. This is a record of what we find. Thursday, September 19, 2013. The Landscape of a Truck Farm. One of my other jobs is as an educational writer for Reading Plus. But this is not what I want to tell you all about today. Ian Cheney created the first Truck Farm. To some place that had land? And best of all, he began going to...
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Kissing the Earth: July 2015
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One of us lives on the east coast. One of us lives on the west. One of us lives in a rural community. One of us lives in a city. Both of us wander. Both of us witness. Both of us write. This is a record of what we find. Friday, July 10, 2015. The Landscape of Home Away From Home. I’ve been home for a while (a month! 8221; I said. “It was! 8221; He made a wide u-turn in the middle of the road, circling back. When I got out to take a photo, the owner came out and told us all about the house—how h...The Ear...
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Kissing the Earth: December 2014
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One of us lives on the east coast. One of us lives on the west. One of us lives in a rural community. One of us lives in a city. Both of us wander. Both of us witness. Both of us write. This is a record of what we find. Thursday, December 25, 2014. A Wish For Amazing Peace. From Amazing Peace : a Christmas Poem by Maya Angelou;. Paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher. Amazing Peace: a Christmas Poem by Maya Angelou;. Paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher. Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem. It ride...
