Everywhere I go, I’m asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them. There’s many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. – Flannery O’Connor At our most recent Author Talk event here at the Wellstone Center in the Redwoods writers’ retreat center, featuring Mary Roach and Kathleen Founds, …
Witch Broth
It always feels good to be using your hands and producing something useful, especially if the ingredients were things you thought did not have a purpose. I admire people who make art out of what others throw away. It’s not the same, but we made soap this week. We did use good oils. After very little time stirring our alkaline …
Steve’s Weekly Blog: Make a Writer Happy Today
I can’t write without a reader. It’s precisely like a kiss—you can’t do it alone. – John Cheever Writers give us so much: Why not reach out, today, and try to bring a smile to a writer who has made a difference for you? Why not do it every day? …
Our Rhode Island Reds
This last week our five young Rhode Island Reds joined our ten older hens. All of them have been keeping us busy by trying to escape from the pen – so we cut back their feathers, which wasn’t as difficult (or gruesome) as one might imagine. Now we are waiting for them to finally start laying eggs!