Today, April 21, 2017, is the eve of Robert's sixteenth YEAR'S MIND, that lovely ancient church word for the anniversary of someone's death. Gear: the Old English word for "year," and mynd for … [Read more...]
Book Tour Worries
Blog #4 April 14, 2017--Good Friday Book Tour Worries Less than two months away. Fly Albany to Raleigh, and then back and forth and up and down on the east coast. (I have posted my book travel … [Read more...]
Despair
Blog #3 Today is April 7, 2017 Despair is a room in my house. I don't go there: I find myself IN there. So far, I have come out again. Otherwise, I wouldn't be writing this. On Saturday, April 1, I … [Read more...]
Lies, Truth, and Drawing
Blog #2. Today is March 31, 2017. Last week, after I forwarded to you George Herbert's advice about "dressing and the undressing the soul," I wondered how I could draw it. The result surprised me. I … [Read more...]