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Archive for April, 2009

So Many Ideas

The Blog Triage course that Alyson Stanfield and Cynthia Morris are running is spectacular — inspiring, motivating, and, well, a bit overwhelming too!
These two women have put together a rich assortment of ideas to get and keep us writing. They clearly did their homework. And now they’re keeping up with us every day — giving [...]

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It’s been raining for three days in Milan. As usual, everyone’s fed up…
This seems to be the “normal” response to rain everywhere — for all but farmers with parched crops.
I, on the other hand, LOVE rain. Really. I’m even sad when it ends. And one of only two defects I see when I think of  [...]

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Okay, I’m ready to try again.

My intention is to start a series of posts addressing the questions people ask me about my work.  Some of you may recall that my patience was tested the other day when I wrote my first post in this series — about patience! This time I’m writing offline and saving [...]

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WFMU’s Beware of the Blog brought this to my attention:

The Newark Museum is celebrating their 100th birthday (from yesterday through Sunday, April 26) with 100 straight hours of free admission and loads of activities. There’s a schedule on their website.
To quote WFMU,
The Newark Museum is a gem that sometimes gets lost in the shadow of [...]

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I’m afraid I have to ask you to be patient… if you’re waiting for the patience post.
As part of my effort to make this blog as useful, informative, fun, and vibrant as possible, I’m taking a 4-week Blog Triage class with Alyson Stanfield and Cynthia Morris. (Click on their names to check out their blogs [...]

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In an ironic twist of fate, I had my patience tested yesterday. See, I’ve been meaning to start a series of posts on the questions people ask me about my work… and my responses to them.
As people spend time with my work, at some point they invariably make some comment about patience. An admiring, “Wow, [...]

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I’m trying out Twitter. Not sure what will come of it but curious enough to give it a go.
Now, it seems to me that if I want people to “follow” me, I should give them some reason to do so. I just don’t think many people are interested in what I’m eating for breakfast. Who [...]

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What inspired me this morning…

I’ve been traveling and was unable to keep up with writing while on the road. Kudos to those of you who are better at it than I am!
This blog and my website are not visible in China, by the way.
To start back into the rhythm of writing… well, of typing at least, for now, I’ll [...]

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