The plan was take her a copy of the book two months ago. Scratch that. The plan was never to know who she was in the first place. I didn't go to the coffee shop on Thursday mornings to make friends. I went to escape my messy house. Given the boys' half-day school schedules, two hours was … [Read more...]
Negative Space
NEGATIVE SPACE = the white space that surrounds an object in an image. Just as important as that object itself, negative space helps to define the boundaries of positive space and bring balance to a composition Ask me why I wrote Lu, and I'll give you the same answer every time: to show that God … [Read more...]
Love Stories
No one is more bored at a baseball game than this girl, so it’s interesting I’ve experienced epiphanies at two. Baseball Game #1 – Cleveland Indians, and I was 6. I finished my Amelia Bedelia in the bottom of the first inning, and by the second I was facing death by boredom. I vowed never to … [Read more...]
Q&A
I'm a fan of the Q&A, which is the main reason I studied journalism in college. I like people, and I'm nosy. Catch in your mind a vision of a Jack Russell terrier nosing through a mole hole, and you'll get a picture of me when someone drops a morsel of intrigue. I won't let up ... at least I … [Read more...]
Lu + Flora = Giveaway
Thanks to everyone who entered this giveaway. My random name-picker popped out the following names: Rachel Thompson, Chandra Ackley, and Maren McKenzie! Writing Lu was fun because it’s fiction. In all the other writing I’ve done – journalism, academic, technical communication - you get in big … [Read more...]
