I’m putting together a collection of personal essays with the working title, Pilgrim Interrupted. Many of the essays have been…
I love books about art and artists—obviously—since my novel Cherry Bomb features a graffiti writer, an abstract expressionist artist (or…
One of my favorite series of children’s books are about Pete the Cat, by James Dean. My husband and I…
This will be my final post of reflections from Jonathan Jackson’s book, The Mystery of Art. Links to previous posts…
As I continue to read about aging (just finished Diane Keaton’s wonderful new memoir, Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty,…
A few days ago I read an interesting interview with a contemporary Greek iconographer, George Kordis, “The Art of Icon…
Today’s post really isn’t so much about faith. But it’s about art. And beauty. And how much they affect our…
Last September I did a post called, “Permission to NOT be Happy?” And the previous September, a (shorter) post called,…
I woke up this morning in a mild panic. My month at the beach is exactly half over today. How…
After completing my second (non-fiction) memoir—and turning down a New York agent’s request for the manuscript because I realized I…