What’s your excuse not to write? Usually, my excuse is that I’m busy. I have three daughters! I have a mother who needs me, friends who depend on me, a husband who likes to have his share of attention! Shopping to do! With my ankle broken, all of these excuses have fallen away. Yes, I […]
“I want to enlarge my knowledge of the world because the world is such a staggering and uncanny and heartbreaking place.” -Jim Shepherd Yesterday I came across a video lecture by writer Jim Shepherd that profoundly moved me. I dreamed about it — that Percheron in the coal mine. You can read it here; at the […]
I was so excited to find this in my email this morning, a review of my poetry book at the marvelous EIL… and then the review itself — I’m blissed out! Thank you, Kathleen Kirk! http://www.escapeintolife.com/blog/review-of-sparrow-by-bethany-reid/
Lately I have felt like a one-woman tutoring center, helping to write English papers — one, notably, at midnight — and Political Science papers and Northwest History papers, graphing sunspots for Physical Science (that was interesting), and running through index cards of Spanish vocabulary. But my two oldest daughters are — finally — […]