Brandi Carlile

       She’s one of my favorite musicians. Especially these days when I crave healing words. I can listen and re-listen to her lyrics.  Brandi Carlile has spoken to me for the past 3 years in various songs. This one recently blew me away. There are a few artists very dear to my heart that I [...]

My Trip to Wonderland

         It is dark. It is provocative. Under the gothic vision laid out by Burton…I found it to be hopeful. I went to see Disney’s Alice in Wonderland as directed by Tim Burton . ( http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/aliceinwonderland/ )     Disney’s Alice In Wonderland (2010) Cool Trailer! – The best video clips are right here I have come [...]

Article on Moms finding Bffs on the web!

          I don’t often repost someone else’s articles, but this article intrigued me. So I’m sharing it for all moms who surf, blog, tweet, Facebook it, myspace it, or in general use the web to stay connected or get connected. The web community is amazing because of it’s access to so many [...]

On Anne Rice’s Commitment

  I found this link and loved the article on Anne Rice. I must admit I haven’t read many of her vampire novels. I’m just not a horror buff, but I know many who have. And I do respect her work as an author. I think the article speaks for itself. I applaud Speakeasy Magazine [...]

What you don’t hear about what you read…

                 Lauren Myracle wrote a book about 5th graders. She included some characters that some would consider to be controversal.  Scholastics publishers (whom I have greatly respected in the past) intially planned to pull the book because of these characters and some slang.        Here are the links with details: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/10/28/scholastic-book-lgbt/ [...]

Brilliance from Kris Delmhorst

  This impressed me so much. Kris Delmhorst’s ‘Yellow Brick Road’ (album Five Stories [2001]). I’m off to see the wizard in his castle on the hill And I never once have known him and I do not know him still Because his face it is magnificent but you’ll never see his hands And the [...]

Alice Walker leading me for a bit….

     I am trying to once again plant my writing feet. Times of crisis kind of kill creativity. It takes energy to create like it takes energy to give birth. There was little energy in me. There still is a rather limited supply. I know that there are people concerned and moved deeply because of [...]

“There is fiction in the space between…” yeah.

     As a writer, I have mulled this concept over. As a young college age adult this concept wandered through my grey matter one summer as I worked at a camp. I was provoked by this idea as an adult when I read Robert Cole’s book, The Call of Stories. I still visit and revisit [...]

Let’s Wrap It Up…

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Let’s Wrap It Up…. Current mood: artistic Category: Writing and Poetry               “How can someone go from being so important in your life to this in a matter of days? You’re just going to let the phone ring? I thought you guys were close?” he poked at the fire with [...]

New quotes on mood swings and artists…

Tuesday, December 09, 2008  New quotes about artists and mood swings … Current mood:  cooky/wacky Category: Writing and Poetry These are somehow comforting to me… or at least a confirmation that I’m not squirrel bait…. “That terrible mood of depression of whether it’s any good or not is what is known as The Artist’s Reward.” – [...]

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