In Defense of Ugly Vegetables
Take a second look at that gnarly potato. You might just save the world. There is a ritual I observe every Friday when I get home from my morning at the farm. Regardless of how tired, dirty, or hungry I am (generally all three in great measure) the first thing I do is take my […]
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Big Ambitions – How I Plan to Write a Novel in Three Months
I’m about to start writing my third novel, and I’m not sure which is more ambitious: the plot, or my completion goal. What happens when you take the substance of an ancient Breton folk tale about a sunken city and drop it into 1890s Colorado? Yeah, I don’t know either, but I’m about to find […]
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Down to Earth – How my Community Farm Keeps this Writer’s Feet on the Ground
It turns out the best way for me to keep my head in the clouds is to shove my hands in the dirt. I went back to the farm for the first time this year, and now everything is coming up rosemary. The spring crept up on me, which is … unusual. I stay remarkably […]
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Is Lauren Groff better than Coffee?
Lots of writers can’t write without coffee, and I’m no exception. But I think I’ve stumbled onto something truly indispensable, and her name is Lauren Groff. Although there are plenty of exceptions, most of the writers I know are coffee fanatics. Not only does caffeine help us stay alert, and improve our moods and focus, […]
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For the Birds
What does my backyard bird feeder have in common with Twitter? And no, it’s not just tweeting …
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