What it’s like to write a book
How to write a book? i’m glad you asked. You create a road map, scribbled on flimsy notebook paper. You’re charting a course in shifting landscape. Directions fall off the page. Arrows mark U-turns. X’s blot out wrong turns. You cannot calculate the distance. Major destinations are eventually plotted. Even then, when you arrive, some […]
When the Muse pays a visit
Drinking coffee, waiting for the courier. Two owls hoot love notes to each other in owlish Morse code. Or maybe they’re discussing strategy. It’s hard to tell with owls. Hummingbirds buzz at the feeder. In between sips of sugar water, they fret about their babies. My cat rolls over and stretches like a piece of elongated orange […]
A Writer’s Ode to Coffee
My coffee grinder jolts the sleeping beans into mindfulness. This is the moment they’ve been waiting for, ecstatic about being called into service. Scalding water is a balm to their bitter soul, reborn as elixir, transforming my base metals into gold. Magic as any unstoppered genie. A humble clay mug embraces its companionable friend. They […]