In just over two months from now, this website will be fifteen years old. My first post, on August 5, 2008, entitled "Sustenance," introduced myself this way: I am a poet and essayist and have been working on a memoir about food and my father, who died sixteen years ago, for almost four years, plus … Continue reading Sustenance, Redux
I think I need to put my memoir away for a while. This is not an easy thing to do. When you write a book that you believe in, that you love, you want to do everything you can to see it thrive in the world. There's the writing itself, of course, first. The eight … Continue reading Lay it Fallow
It's been more than a year since my last post, and now we are deep into Autumn, the landscape having changed from greens to golds to mud brown, the temperature steadily dropping. The outdoor cats are coming in and seeking out laps and baseboard heaters. I think of November as a turning month--the hinge between … Continue reading Turning & Returning
Sheila squillante 