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Leaves change, rain falls, the dog snuggles in her bed. I cook more, linger over pots of pasta sauce and stew. The furnace kicks in late at night as a chill settles over our house. And I can feel that autumnal mood take hold, the one where my most pressing desire is to be home, […]
The rain fell yesterday, its cleansing of the dying garden and leaf-littered deck a welcome sound as I worked. I ate my lunch late – a toasted tomato sandwich with a tasty tomato from the St. Paul Farmers Market – in front of the rain-spattered patio door where I could watch water droplets plink into […]
I struggle with feeling too tied up by everything in our society. Social media, cellphones, requests, demands, expectations, and noise – sometimes the sheer amount of all of it makes me want to run to somewhere untouched by others, somewhere without a cellphone signal, without television, without sales pitches and political campaigns and nudges toward […]
If there is one thing I am clear about as a writer, it is the need to take a break every once in a while. To let go of things like social media or blogging in order to recharge and focus on other work. And so beginning today, One Minnesota Writer is on summer break […]
This morning I sit outside in my own backyard, coffee beside me on a black wrought iron table, my body cradled in a bright blue Adirondack chair. Birds chatter nonstop, from the spruce trees, the birch trees, the wildflower garden – so many birds hang around here. We’ve worked hard to cultivate a space to […]
Every time I go on social media, I see posts from someone pondering their next writing move. Maybe they are tapped out for inspiration or maybe they are considering a lot of ideas and don’t know which one will be best for them. Every week, when I think about what to post here, I have […]
As I write this week’s post, I am waiting for my seven-year-old granddaughter Camille to arrive. I try to spend time with her about once a week, want to establish a strong relationship, know her as she grows into her own person. And I am thinking about children everywhere as I wait. The news breaks […]
It was all because our dachshund, Truffles, got out of her dog bed, stretched and had a good shake that rattled her dog tags, then took off down the hallway towards the front door, that we were up early this morning. And by early I mean 5:30. And by we, I mean Mick politely took […]
It’s been quite some time since I made the move to having dedicated writing space in my house, a whole room that became my writing studio. There’s a large computer screen that allows me to edit two documents side-by-side with ease, high-speed internet, a door I can close, and a window I can open. How […]
Over Memorial Day weekend, the temperature hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit here in the Twin Cities. I guess we can put our snow shovels away for a few weeks. Mind you, ours is stored right next to the lawn mower. That is life in Minnesota. We have variety. We have temperature swings, blizzards and tropical heat […]
