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Top Twelve Books of 2019
No, that’s not a typo. I know this cusp-of-the-new-year timeframe is a popular time to spotlight favorites and best of’s and top tens from the year about to pass, but I’m in the mood to look forward, not back. A … Continue reading
Posted in books, reading
Tagged Alan Jasanoff, Amy E. Weldon, Andrew Shtulman, C.M. Mayo, Coyote America, Dan Flores, Dave Eggers, Jennifer Case, Known and Strange Things, Maryanne Wolf, Ordinary Light, Reader Come Home, Robert Michael Pyle, Sawbill, Scienceblind, Susan Orlean, Teju Cole, The Biological Mind, The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire, The Library Book, The Writer's Eye, Tracy K. Smith, What is the What, Where Bigfoot Walks
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Best Tip for Getting Out of Your Head
After weeks of grinding away on a recalcitrant chapter for my book project, I am dazed, cranky, frustrated, and thoroughly sick of being in the same room with myself. Deciding that it’s time to get out of my own head, … Continue reading
Colorado Book Festival
If you’re in the Denver area, don’t miss the Colorado Book Festival on Saturday. This free event runs from 10:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., March 3, at the Denver Public Library. Peter Heller and Patricia Limerick will deliver keynotes and … Continue reading
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Windbreak Anniversary
About a decade ago, on the afternoon of October 12, 2007, I turned off South Dakota’s Highway 79 a few miles south of the small town of Hermosa, onto a road called Windbreak Lane. In January of that year I … Continue reading
Posted in learning, poetry, reading, writing
Tagged Linda M. Hasselstrom, South Dakota, Windbreak House retreats, writer's retreats, writing
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Cracking Spine of the New Year
Certain holidays, I have to confess, leave me feeling inept or out of touch. Marking the New Year, though: that one I get. I might not always (okay: pretty much never) stay up until midnight, but the retrospective/prospective rituals that … Continue reading
Posted in reading
Tagged Brilliant, Desert America, Eula Biss, favorite books, Jane Brox, On Immunity, Rubén Martínez
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Seeing Voices
Back in early June, I packed my too-heavy suitcase (too many books, too much paperwork) and left the horses and the garden and the weeds and the house in care of my husband. I was off to Vermont, to the … Continue reading
Reading Season
The pattern makes sense: that these winter months are a time of retreat, a withdrawal of sorts from the outdoor domain of wild that orients a significant part of my life. The weather is cold and even if it’s not—even … Continue reading
Posted in inside/outside, observation, reading, working from home, writing
Tagged literacy, reading nonfiction, the writing life
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Shifting Gears
I like being a denizen of the temperate zones. I appreciate that the seasons here, dictated by my position on the globe, are so distinct. Watching the gradual cycling of weather, light, foliage, and animal activity has helped train me … Continue reading
Posted in inside/outside, reading, writing
Tagged getting started writing
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