Flying, flying high in the sky Crowding through crowds on the ground. Not driving just gliding, sitting, waiting anticipating worrying Would my carry on get on? Would too big people sit next to me squeezed in tiny seats? Landing take off body tense sensing danger fight or flight while belted in my seat. Air pressure … Continue reading Flying, over the road this time
Writing
Discussions on the writing and publishing process.
Finding Mother’s Gravestone
My brother and I drove from Frazee, Minnesota to Gray Eagle, Minnesota, another town off the beaten path. We drove across lovely verdant farm fields the road curved up and down gentle hills. The corn was green and tall, the soybean fields often had corn that had come from last years crop. We arrived in … Continue reading Finding Mother’s Gravestone
Chasing the Past – Frazee, MN
My brother and I drove from 510 to Frazee, Minnesota. For one year we lived there, my mother, two brothers, and I. Mother worked as a housekeeper for the widower Dick. Dick had one young son, Hank, a little bit younger than me and another who had just gone off to college. We lived in … Continue reading Chasing the Past – Frazee, MN
Researching at the Minnesota State Fair
I'm researching the second book. I'm at the Minnesota State Fair searching for my past. Every year until I moved away from Minnesota I went to the fair. This time I wore my T-shirt from the last trip in 2008. On the back in ALL CAPS purple letters is this quote from Garrison Keillor: THE … Continue reading Researching at the Minnesota State Fair
Home
The old cliches are: "Home is where you heart is"; "There is no place like home"; "Home is where you belong." My home is now in three places, my heart is in all three. There is where I belong, yet there isn't three of me. Since I can't clone myself I will divide the year … Continue reading Home
Finding a Book Hospital
Having a book was harder than having a baby. I remember the act of conception it was a lot of fun, carrying a child nine months, or worse 10 months, not so much, but it didn't compare to the nightmare of proofreading a book. Thinking of writing a book was fun, talking about it was … Continue reading Finding a Book Hospital
Having a Book
As I waited for the proof of my first book Visions from Two Continents to arrive. I thought this is just like when I was waiting for my first child who was a month overdue. My stomach had been huge and in those days the school district had made me quit teaching at the due date, … Continue reading Having a Book
