Alexander Chee
Category: Writings
I am reading Alexander Chee’s “How to Write an Autobiographical Novel”. I was drawn to it because much of what I write is autobiographical
Turning Point
Category: History and Memoirs
I’ve waited all my life for a particular cusp, a turning point where I would recognize myself as complete - grownup and assured - with a
Hotel Rideau
Category: History and Memoirs
For successive summers in the 1950’s I travelled with my parents, brother, and paternal grandparents for a week-long vacation in Ocean City, MD.
The Importance of Notebooks
Category: Writings
Books on the craft of writing often suggest that aspiring writers carry a notebook so that they can jot down the ideas, thoughts and sentences that sometimes sprout full
Earth Poems
Category: Poems
We live in a sacred place and We are blind to it Spreading asphalt and soiled McDonald's bags We make loud noises and mar the earth with scars and pits
Driving Through Virginia
Category: Poems
Driving through Virginia I see abandoned farms roofless silos sprouting trees rotting cow sheds in dense weeds apple trees planted by people now gone
Kennett Square
Category: History and Memoirs
I’ve thought many times of that trip to Pennsylvania in 1958. The outing was arranged at the request of my widowed grandmother who, urged by fleeting
Joan Didion
Category: Writings
I was recently reading Joan Didion’s book “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”. The essay entitled “On Self Respect” hit several notes with me
Flower Panel
Category: Art and Painting
At school we studied the work of many artists, among them the Frenchman Odilon Redon (1840-1916). I remember that I was not drawn to his
Captain Arthur
Category: History and Memoirs
Captain Arthur Jones is among the best of gentleman and a fixture of the Kent Narrows, Maryland landscape. While the seafood industry has produced
Paul Klee
Category: Art and Painting
I think it is important for artists to experience the work of other artists, not just by viewing their work but also in reading about their point of view, their references;
Beach Poems
Category: Poems
Beach cobalt sky green-blue water surf beating a tan grey shore of shell mosaics salt smell peace #2 fat women, skinny men with red chests