Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:14:23 +0000 Statue of pianist, Yerevan, Armenia, www.carolineallen.com I have this recurring vision when I work with...

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:40:58 +0000 Photographer Adrien Bisson came to my studio to do a photo shoot recently. I had the bubonic plague (I...

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:22:29 +0000 I have a friend who’s a journalist, a genius of a guy, who’s writing a novel. I read parts of it and...

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:33:53 +0000 One of the best techniques I learned in journalism school and later as a practicing journalist was the...

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:35:07 +0000 When you spend years writing, it is a process of amazing healing, powerful artistic growth, and the...

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:49:28 +0000 My primary care doctor is Czech. I had my yearly physical last week. The doctor is always interested in...

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:53:42 +0000 Body portrait of me drawn by Deb Dixon, www.deborahdixon.com I am with my friend Stephen in San...

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:09:00 +0000 I am a feminist. Not a humanist. A down-to-the-core feminista. I’m a feminist because I believe as a...

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:21:45 +0000 My artist friend Deb Dixon and I barca on a regular basis. We’ve set up two barca loungers outside my...

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:32:56 +0000 NPR ran a program recently on community farms in Massachusetts. The gist of the piece was that more and...

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:59:39 +0000 A friend once accused me of hiding how hard things have been/are for me in my artistic process. I...

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:39:38 +0000 After receiving a few emails on yesterday’s blog Give to Receive, I’ve decided to further explore the...

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:05:49 +0000 I’m working on a project with middle schoolers in Lowell Public Schools in Massachusetts. It’s my...

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:03:26 +0000 When I speak to new or want-to-be writers about any successes I have had as a writer, whether as a...

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:02:38 +0000 After posting yesterday’s blog Just listen to me, I couldn’t stop thinking about all the people who...

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:45:20 +0000 I posted this blog earlier today with a digital photo of verdant nature. After I finished the blog, my...

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:57:56 +0000 After I finished my novel Earth, I went online and ordered a book from the library, Parenting a Highly...

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:59:40 +0000 A common thread I see working with writing clients is this: most of us stop ourselves from fully...

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:10:24 +0000 As writers of memoir make progress toward completing a book, many begin to worry about putting their...

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:50:02 +0000 I’m working on my second novel Air. It’s flowing, but the stress and worry over money keeps pulling me up...