This second chapter of Steering the Craft shows off some of Ursula K. Le Guin’s sense and humor. She admonishes “grammar bullies,” and makes the point that many grammar rules are…
I’m pacing my way through Ursula K. Le Guin’s Steering the Craft, a handbook on the craft of writing¹. I admire what Le Guin has to say about literature…
It’s still spring according to both the calendar and to my itchy eyes and nose — but temperatures rose above ninety degrees in New England, and I’m craving the sort of meal you’d eat while sitting outdoors on metal furniture as the smells of a bistro grace the heavy summer air.
Spring is beginning to cut into this year’s dance of seasons. As if the world is responding to my thoughts, a line of geese just flew above my house. I’ve spent lots of time outdoors these past few winters — this year walking to work most mornings, and biking in past years.
A few of my friends pitched in to get a cherry pie (from Florence Pie Bar!) for our friend’s birthday. And any birthday pie simply must be eaten a la mode.
In anticipation of the sweet-tartness of canned cherries, I decided to try a little experiment…
Spring is here, and the squirrels are digging up treasures! I saw two squirrels fighting over an acorn yesterday. One of…