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Calling all e-book readers! I was tempted to put this update at the end, but here it is first thing: my essay about a bad vacation and learning to read tarot came out as a chapbook a few years ago, but was re-released this month with a new cover and e-reader option. And less than… Continue reading I do not count blooms, or steps
Our region had a snowstorm on the last day before the official start of winter ... and winter has been proceeding accordingly. Huge snowfall predicted this weekend, so we shall see! Onigiri after shoveling. Yummy pancakes and eggs by Nate. The end of 2025 was like: I blocked off my cube so I could honor… Continue reading “The Most Exciting Things Are Happening Offline”
I'm struggling to remember where I last left off ... I think the day before a 40th birthday celebration with paint-and-sip, a bookstore, a vintage candy shop, and a German beer hall where I had three entire sips of beer + some potato pancakes. Philadelphia doth provide! And hey, the Philly Inquirer says we are… Continue reading The Wedding Season
Only one week of summer left! I am craving autumn coziness and have been welcoming fall for a few weeks already. Back in the Flow StateI paid a trusted literary press for feedback so I could begin a first-chapter novel rewrite. Which loosens a number of strings across the whole project and leads to a… Continue reading No-Slump September
This year was the second annual Bookends Day in Washington, D.C., where I (the oldest sibling) visit the youngest sibling of my family for a day of museums, good food, and other adventures. I love traveling through Philly: It's exactly two hours on Amtrak from Philadelphia to D.C. First stop: Union Market neighborhood for pupusas.… Continue reading D.C. Museums Make Excellent Connections