du Maurier vs Bronte
Originally published July, 2017 We’re talking about Rebecca and Jane Eyre. Two naïve young women come to live in huge, lavish English houses owned by
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Duck Eggs
Originally published May, 2020 The highlight of our Saturday morning is going to the Albany Farmer’s Market to buy duck eggs. I didn’t think I
Robot for President
I wrote this blog in November 2017. It’s interesting how my predictions were all wrong. Welcome, A.I., to the world. Could a computer run the
The Contemplative Life
Originally published April 2020 I have a thing for fiction about nuns. And a quiet admiration mixed with puzzlement. I can only imagine the shape
From Hospital to Clarion
Originally published April 2019 I’m packing. Retirement is coming up fast. Someone asked me, “How do you feel about retiring?” and I answered, “I don’t
Dodged That Bullet
Originally published September 2020 Today it’s a two-dog, one-cat writing space. Outside blessedly cool coastal clouds ward off, with magical signage, the 90-plus days before
Food Wars
Originally published January 2019 I recently listened to a lively call-in show on which experts (dieticians) and callers (complainers) discussed food politics. Among the many
Filing a Story from Exile Land
Originally published May 2020 I’ve been trying to pull stories out of my brain that have nothing to do with the Plague, but the sad
The Difficulties of Genre
Originally published August 2018 I have a habit of starting out essays and blogs—maybe these are the same things—with a definition. So here it is:
More Noise Please
Originally published June, 2019, Tukwila, Washington It’s the color of chocolate milk, with a glint of pale green, like mint streaks in the chocolate. On
Writing about the Future
Originally published November 2018 The subject of my current project is social fantasy. It’s not a nice fantasy, but it will have, if not a
Early Twentieth Century Illustrators: Classic Favorites
Originally published September 2022 It all started with Aubrey Beardsley, (1872 – 1898, England) in early studies when I thought I wanted to be an
A Couch for a Cat
Originally published February 2020 Today we brought home a new couch from Ikea. It’s one of those pert little foldout day bed types, ridiculously easy
