I approach writing as a community resource and as culturally based art of an ordinary everyday practical aesthetic. “The topic of suicide can quiet a room and makes many people fidget. Often when you hear someone speaking about suicide it’s most likely within the confines of a psychology lecture …
REVISION: a desperate need, a quick fix There’s so much about writing that I like, but revision reveals my zeal for a finished product. I am goal oriented. Give me a job with a deadline. Zoom. I focus. No, I’m not a perfectionist. I’m a runner. I care more about …
WHAT IS THERAPY AND WHAT DOES LOVE HAVE TO DO WITH IT? Tom Vogel recently wrote about St. Kate’s English professor, Geri Chavis, and the classes she teaches which focus on “therapy” (MinnPost.com, August 17, 2009 http://www.minnpost.com/from_our_partners/2009/08/17/10869/university_of_st_catherine_st_kates_engli). Chavis’ work interests me because I believe writing saves lives. Karim Khan, …
Blog number 3: Dinner, a movie, a cook, a cook, a poet—and always, love Dinner and a movie. Julie & Julia. I loved Mama Mia, that’s all I will say, love. Perhaps I shouldn’t have gone to a 10:55 showing or eaten steak and baked potato and, then, popcorn …
