one foot in Peru, the other in Tennessee
"Life is not a paragraph"e e cummings I've been reading too much Gertrude Stein lately. Ever since encountering the unpublished memoir of Annette Rosenshine (the San Francisco artist who introduced her cousin, Alice B. Toklas, to Gertrude) I have taken a deep dive into Paris and the Modernists. Echoes of Paris Annette titled her manuscript... Continue Reading →
This is one of the places we find our daily doses of pleasure with granddog Sammy. I like to think of the Quechua word sami which can mean joy or blessing, or light energy. It is also the word shamans of the Andes use when referring to the energy that bubbles forth from the earth.... Continue Reading →
Thrilled to be in Lima for the presentation of Patya y los misterios de Nasca!
Valle de Nasca, 575 d. de C. La vida es dura y la sequía amenaza la supervivencia de sus habitantes. En este mundo árido y desolado, Patya es una joven valiente y decidida que se niega a aceptar la realidad que la rodea. Con la sabiduría ancestral de su abuela y la ayuda de sus... Continue Reading →
She's here! ¡Ya llegó! Patya is officially on her way to bookstores in Lima, bringing ancient Nasca to life for readers in the modern world. The publisher can ship anywhere in Peru. Patya está oficialmente de camino a las librerías de Lima, dando vida a la antigua Nasca para los lectores del mundo moderno. La... Continue Reading →
A little jaunt down memory lane... A Peru plagued by electrical outages, hyperinflation, terrorism and scarcities, while teachers kept on keeping on... recently published in The Blue Nib Certain things just don’t get forgotten. Moments can etch many an experience into the memory that we might prefer not to remember. An unfortunate bit of bad... Continue Reading →
another one for Halloweensie in a totally different vein... Carrie crossed the street to avoid the trick-or-treaters, and walked by the graveyard. The guy in the skeleton tee-shirt was the creep who always bugged her at school. “Hey, Red!” he shouted. Carrie walked faster, but he crossed toward her. “When are you gonna live... Continue Reading →
The Trick-or-treaters are finally gone, and our wheelbarrow-filled-with-skulls-and-treats (do-it-yourself-virus-conscious) strategy seems to have worked well. But I just realized that the deadline is an hour away for the 10th annual Halloweensie Contest, and I actually wrote an entry for it! So, in honor of Susan Hill’s tradition (and in hopes of qualifying for one of... Continue Reading →
hallow (v.) Old English halgian "to make holy, sanctify; to honor as holy, consecrate, ordain," related to halig "holy," from Proto-Germanic *hailagon (source also of Old Saxon helagon, Middle Dutch heligen, Old Norse helga), from PIE root *kailo- "whole, uninjured, of good omen" (see health). Used in Christian translations to render Latin sanctificare. Related: Hallowed; hallowing. hallow (n.) "holy person, saint," Old English haliga, halga, from hallow (v.). Obsolete except in Halloween. https://www.etymonline.com/word/hallow Thoughts on... Continue Reading →
This little poem is my contribution to help celebrate the Official Kidlit #FallWritingFrenzy! hosted by @KaitlynLeann17 and @LydiaLukidis. Writers are challenged to select one of 15 images and use it to inspire a 200-word piece of writing. Visit the link to have fun browsing through the amazing variety of entries - picture book ideas, middle grade... Continue Reading →
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