This is What Retrograde Feels Like

  My fella: How do you feel? Me: (in pain, in slug pose, melting into couch) Like a dingbat. Fella: Why a dingbat? Me: Because I hurt myself planting a flower. Fella: Well, when you put it like that… True story. This is me today. I’ve been feeling totally...

Plant a Garden, Grow Your Writing Self

  What does a binge writer do when she sends her manuscript off to the publisher? First, she wrings her hands for a few minutes, hoping they like it and it doesn’t put her in the dreaded sophomore slump. Then she gardens. Or she tries. Even thought she is...

Download Your June Calendar

It’s that time again! To download your free desktop calendar, just click on the image below to get the high-resolution image saved to your screen. This month’s drawing was inspired by my sudden case of addictive gardening. I’ve spent the last few...
Basil Killer, Qu’est-ce que C’est?

Basil Killer, Qu’est-ce que C’est?

I thought herbs were supposed to be hearty. Robust. Hard to kill. I brought a pot of basil back to Alabama, thinking that it would, in some small way, bring some life to my apartment. I have no yard, no grass to walk around in barefoot, no tree to sit under. So the...