This is not a writing blog, but every once in a while, I come across a book about the subject that meets me right where I am. Which means, of course, that I have to share bits and pieces of it with you.
This time, it’s a book called Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction—Stories and Advice from a Lifetime of Writing and Editing. It was cowritten by Tracy Kidder, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1982 for The Soul of a New Machine, and Richard Todd, his long-time editor.
Happy Summer! The days are officially getting shorter now, but there’s still plenty of sunshine to be enjoyed in the coming months. (Along with fireflies at dusk, the sight of which brings me all sorts of joy.) I say this every month, at least to myself, but I can’t believe …
I was doing some blog maintenance last week when I made a fun discovery: The next time I hit “publish” (today, in other words), I would be sending my 400th post out into the world. When I started blogging in September 2014, I had no plans to keep going until …
Last year, we put our American flag out for Memorial Day. The holiday came and went, and the flag stayed up. It looked nice there on our porch, next to the front door and the strawberry planter filled with impatiens. Plus, with everything going on in the country and world, …
I’m writing this on Tuesday morning, the day I usually publish a blog post each week. I’ve gone back and forth about posting something this week. It’s the time of month when I usually share my Four Somethings, but over the last several days, more pressing matters kept taking precedence …
I eat the same thing for breakfast and lunch almost every day. I like what I like, what can I say? I’ve learned to be flexible over the years, to drop my regularly scheduled activities when something urgent comes up. For the most part, though, I do the same household …