Sitemap - 2023 - Poor Man's Feast
the world's most dangerous Christmas cookie
what we talk about when we talk about writing
Join me for an early January weekend workshop at Kripalu, on Permission to Write Your Story
between/the ground and the feast is where I live now
Maggie Smith: a breakfast conversation
Reading Room: Maggie Smith’s top Substack reads
Maira Kalman: a breakfast conversation
tangled vines and poison leaves
imagination and memory go with them.
she said she was allergic to the sun.
my old friend, water, my good companion
a blue comma on the map of the world
This is 60: Author Elissa Altman Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
the simple things come back to us
butterflies drink turtle tears
something wild, something hidden
A quick note for paid subscribers
the soul-killing myth of perfection
trapped under something heavy*
for you, on Mother's Day Weekend
what do we eat when no one is looking?
the truth behind the right-to-life
"I didn't drive eleven hours across the state of Texas to watch my cholesterol." - Robb Walsh
from the archives: losing your seat at the table
From the archives: I want to live in the layers
Spotlight: An interview with Jean Anderson
Archives: the things we almost do
it's National F**k Your Boundaries Day!
Writing and the Permission to Succeed
there's something bigger than Phil