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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Nature’s hospital
This summer is only two days old, but already it has a theme.
It is The Summer of Fluidity. Not nearly as much fun as the summer two few years ago that everyone knew as The Summer of Frozen Drinks, or the one in the year 2000 that became The Year of Camping Trips Every Few [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in fun,kids,summer by sandi
Saturday, June 6th, 2009
Writing workshops in the home: or how a ceiling fan can help you become a better writer
I have started giving writing workshops in my house, which is the most wonderful thing.
When I have given writing workshops before, they have been held upstairs in bookstores, or in public museums, or in conference rooms of libraries. All of these are very nice places, and I have had a good time there, surrounded by [...]
12 Comments » - Posted in writing,writing workshops by sandi
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
The secret to life: black mulch
I haven’t blogged in so long that I practically had to get out the GPS even to find my way here.
No excuses beyond the usual. I’ve been busy finishing (yet again) my book. Books in manuscript form, as those of you who are writers know, are a lot like boomerangs: they keep showing up, [...]
9 Comments » - Posted in black mulch,gardening,phones by sandi
Saturday, April 25th, 2009
I’m reading at Newtonville Books in Newton, MA
Lately I’ve been editing the final version of my new novel, which is going to be called The Stuff That Never Happened, and I’ve kind of lost touch with Kissing Games of the World.
It’s a little like tending to a new baby while your toddler plays in the sandbox and doesn’t need so much attention.
So [...]
9 Comments » - Posted in books,Kissing Games of the World,reading in public by sandi
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
I can no longer be quiet about green smoothies
Believe me, I’ve tried not to talk about this.
But for the past month or so, I’ve been drinking a green smoothie every day…and I have become somewhat addicted, I’m afraid. I hate talking about it because–well, I’m all too aware that people (and by people, I mean family members) are rolling their eyes at me. [...]
22 Comments » - Posted in cooking,fun,green smoothies,weight by sandi
Friday, April 10th, 2009
So what’s so great about people dancing in a train station?
That video of 200 people in Belgium suddenly breaking out in a dance to “Do-Re-Mi” is popping up everywhere–and with it, the question of what it all means and why anybody should care.
If you haven’t seen it, it’s really an astonishing four minutes in the Antwerp train station when Julie Andrews’s clear, high voice [...]
12 Comments » - Posted in fun,momentous events,video by sandi
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Joy in Antwerp, ice and taxes in Connecticut
Well, we’re STILL awaiting spring here in the Northeast, still being teased by the fact that it’s April and yet ridiculously colder than it has any right to be.
Today, driving to the library, I saw little ICE crystals bouncing out of the sky onto my windshield. I wanted to close my eyes so I wouldn’t [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by sandi
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Today one might believe that spring could come…
The sun is out, the grass is greening up, and little bright spots of purple and yellow crocuses dot the landscape.
It’s enough to make one believe once again in things like reliably warm breezes and tulips. Roses, even.
But here’s the thing: the peepers are still silent. And that means that at any moment the [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in real life,weather by sandi
Friday, March 13th, 2009
I would like to register a complaint, please
I have to admit that I’ve been in something of a gray funk lately, a mood which I always think can be fixed somehow if only I would Try Harder. You know, apply myself. Join my fellow citizens at the gym. Take up line dancing. Start meditating or eating right. Sign up for a marathon.
That [...]
14 Comments » - Posted in complaints,novels,real life,technology,writing by sandi
Sunday, March 1st, 2009
A visit with my stepmother
I just realized I’ve spent practically an entire month away from this blog that I truly do love writing…and I can’t for the life of me remember why I haven’t even stopped by to dust the place off, sweep away some of the cobwebs, and open the windows and let the air in.
Oh, wait. [...]
