Hiking in a Desert Paradise in Travel Oregon Magazine. After our Steens and French Glen adventure, we looped back home via Hart Mountain, where we soaked in the natural hot springs with not a single soul around. Then we dropped off the back side and enjoyed freaking incredible views of the Warner Valley, Poker Jim…
Don’t buy me jewelry. Nope. It’s very kind of you to think of me, but I’ll just lose it. Quickly. Then not notice I’ve lost it until much later, when I won’t have the first clue where to go looking for it. I had one of those witching hour epiphanies last night in which I…
Sand Lily Lovin” on Travel Oregon
One of the aspects of book touring I’ve enjoyed most is meeting other authors. Some of us are fascinating, humble, delightful individuals. Some of us are boring, self-congratulatory knuckleheads. Sort of like the general population, actually. No, I’m not naming names. But I will say I’ve mostly met the former. And I’ll tell you some…
Yesterday, I received the evaluations from my writer in residence gig, as well as a pile o pages of the writing we produced together. If feedback is good, feedback from human beings ages 5 through 12 rocks! Some highlights: It made me feel like a beater writer. Cim wos fon. (I believe…
Last evening, Chicken Noodle asked for some time with my computer. Having exhausted my abuse of it for the day, I obliged. After all, she’s seven now. From what I’ve seen of her writing she might make better use of the thing than me. I left her to her craft. Ten minutes of silence.…
Chicken Noodle: That’s not fair! You never let anyone do anything fun! You’re not fair about anything! Chicken Little: That’s because she’s your mother, Libby.
Last week for spring break, my sis was in Florida, I was in San Diego. Both of us with husbands, kids and grandparents in tow, both of us performing the full vacation-with-family experimental theatre catastrophe. Naturally, we shared our experiences via text message. Here are some of my favorite lines and photos from the week.…
I”ve been meaning to tell you all that an essay of mine is included in a book released earlier this month. Chicken Soup for the Soul, people. “The Magic of Mothers and Daughters.” Yep. The cover is pink. It”s an essay called “A Better View” I wrote about a trip Chicken Noodle and I took to…