When I was a kid there were two pretty extraordinary forces in my life: a book of poems called “A Light in The Attic,” and my older sister. By the time I was eight years old, I was a sullen member of the RIF (reading is fundamental) program. I segregated my worth from...
I’m taking an art class. I knew I would have to start with the basics, but I didn’t realize that meant learning how to hold my pencil. My teacher informed me that the death grip that I usual hold my pencil in makes my shading look scratchy and uneven. She...
I know the theme for this first segment of “The Keeping Room” is beginnings. But honestly, I don’t know how to talk about beginnings, at my age, without talking about endings; new makes me think about used and young makes me think about old. Beginnings don’t happen...
Writing this blog was hard. I didn’t really have time, because I’m on a Midwest college tour with my sixteen-year-old daughter. We drove 12 hours from Georgia to Michigan. We spent four days in Michigan touring The University of Michigan and visiting family....
Beginnings This spring, I bought a new house and I’m still in the process of moving in. The house comes with much light, and a lot of big ideas about how to reinvent itself into a home for two women coming together in the later years of their life. The three of us...
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