A couple of years ago, when going to live performances became impossible, I came up with the idea of doing a month of Reading the Theatre -- reading all kinds of books from and about the world of the performing arts. Although the idea has not caught on more widely in the blogosphere, I find … Continue reading Reading the Theatre 2023: What I read (and listened to and watched)
This month, I love that I finally got my hair cut after more than a year -- the not-cutting started during COVID, and then I just could not seem to get it together to have a trim. So when I finally located my former stylist (who had moved in the meantime, I discovered!) I had … Continue reading Share Four Somethings: April 2023
Hello! Sorry for disappearing this month. Everything is fine, just a bit hectic. I've been reading busily for Reading the Theatre, and will post mini-reviews at the end of the month. I also had a wonderful weekend trip to some artistic sites in France and Switzerland and I'll share those soon. I thought I'd come … Continue reading Beautiful Books: Neverwhere
Heading into the weekend of Easter, I'm going to take a break from the blog for a week or two. I will be back to share my possible adventures -- I want to visit Chartres, fingers crossed that it will work out. In the meantime, I am enjoying my month of Reading the Theatre along … Continue reading Blog break
Back in November, as you may or may not recall, I participated in a writing workshop during which I drafted a book project I'd had in mind for some time. This was based around poems that I had written from the point of view of the individuals healed by Christ in the Gospels. (I had … Continue reading Really exciting publication news!
Literature March is a month with literary blog events all over the place. As you can see, I found a way to tie into a number of them, including March Magics (the last, alas) and Reading Ireland Month, along with the 2023 LoveHain readalong and my own ongoing challenges.Half of a Yellow Sun was a … Continue reading Month in Review: March 2023
My latest review is now up at Shiny New Books, covering the Folio Society edition of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's monumental novel about the Nigeria-Biafra civil war. “The people who offer us the best insights into reality are often novelists,” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has said, [The Guardian, 14 Jan 2020] and reading Adichie’s own novel Half … Continue reading Over at Shiny New Books: Half of a Yellow Sun
Just a note to say that if you'd like to join me in Reading the Theatre -- theatre-based books of any kind, fiction, nonfiction, plays, as well as actual live performances -- I'll be doing it again in April. This time of year feels dramatic to me, I suppose! Some books I have my eye … Continue reading Reading the Theatre – coming next month
This month I am loving the beautiful artwork my son hung on my bedroom wall. He is so talented! I don't know why he doesn't want to go to art school, but at least we get to live in our own gallery. I have been learning about the Enneagram, a personality-type system that is touted … Continue reading Share Four Somethings: March 2023
I'm delighted to announce that my poem "Geode" was published in Part II of the Winter Collection at Ekstasis, an online literary magazine conceived by the folks at Christianity Today as a kind of "digital cathedral." The collection is beautifully curated and designed, with a wide variety of voices and modes of experiencing the sacred, … Continue reading Poem publication in Ekstasis: Geode
