Quickening: Finding Those Living Moments I’m always reading, always have a novel to settle down with at the end of the day, though my current Read More
TELL ME EVERYTHING a novel by Elizabeth Strout In past years, if I sat down to write novels about people connected to one another in various ways; if Read More
A Doctor Examines Mortality, Asks How He Can Help His Patients BEING MORTAL And that is what Gawande emphasizes in this book: choice. The cases he relates are all about Read More
Our Early Loves Can Take Us Places When I was in grade school, I wrote a story about an avalanche. What did I know about that frightening Read More
When You Don’t Get the Window Seat This post recalls an experience many of us have had. And lately, when I fly, I never get a window Read More
Adjusting to New Developments Dear Readers: some of you have seen this piece, as it was posted last week…but most of you have NOT, Read More
WHY DO WE WRITE? How Do We Write? If you are a blogger, a writer…then you also must have notes to stimulate your ideas. Or you record ideas on Read More