For years, I have been searching for a form of mediation that really works for me. As someone with a busy brain, sitting still and trying to think of nothing borders on torture. I do a little better with guided meditation, unless I'm asked to make decisions. Visualizing my favorite place or the last time... Continue Reading →
When Writers Fear Reading: The Struggle to Be Original
There are no new ideas. There are only new presentations. -- Deborah Robson I'm currently reading a book I should love (Hild, by Nicola Griffith). It's historical fiction set in 7th c. England, only a century later than the setting I've chosen for my novelization of Rapunzel. Hild is full of words, concepts, and details I've... Continue Reading →
Beyond Raptors: Other Birds at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
I may have given you the impression that the only birds at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum are raptors, like the barn owl and Harris's hawks I saw in their daily Raptor Free-Flights. But visitors to the ASDM see plenty of other interesting birds, all native to some part of Arizona. When I was there in February,... Continue Reading →
Off Gallivanting
Or, in Christopher Robin's words: GON OUT BACKSON BISY BACKSON, See you here next week.
