• I’m a Fucking Good Writer

    I rarely reread what I’ve written. After going through all the drafts and the revisions and publishing process, I will hate the book and I won’t want to see it again for awhile. Eventually I do reread, and this week…

  • Shopping fun

    Went shopping up in Portland with my mom today. It was fabulous. I’m not into a lot of clothes shopping, so of course, we weren’t doing that. We went to Penzey‘s and got fabulous spices. I love that place. After…

  • What I wonder

    I was wondering today if, in Stairway to Heaven, when Robert Plant sings “There’s a feeling I get, when I look to the west, and my spirit is crying for leaving,” whether that is perchance a reference to the Grey…

  • Depression and Writing and Imposter Syndrome

    I’ve been thinking about writing this for awhile, but haven’t been ready. I’ve decided to take the plunge. Apparently I have depression. (I’m going to come back to the ‘apparently’ in that phrase). I used to work in a toxic…