The Guatemalan morral
I fell in love with the traditional woven satchel or tote bag known as a “morral” the first time I spotted one in Guatemala when Olivia was a baby. Designs vary according to theme, town, and weaver. Each is striking and beautiful in its own way. But my favorite morral is the one carried by […]
Wisdom of Garth Greenwell
I subscribe to emails from LitHub and every day receive wisdom about writing in my inbox. (LitHub collects great essays, interviews, podcasts and book reviews and provides links to them.) Today’s wisdom was culled from an interview with American novelist, poet, literary critic, and educator Garth Greenwell. Here are sentences that resonated with me: “The […]
Joy
I came across this picture of Tim and Olivia from almost ten years ago and it made me smile. Sharing it with you.
Alice Neel at SF’s de Young Museum
A bright spot last night, when I attended the preview of the Alice Neel exhibition at SF’s de Young Museum. Alice Neel: People Come First has garnered rave reviews from the New York Times and Washington Post and is the first retrospective of the artist’s work on the west coast. The show is dazzling, with […]
Two interviews, one fun and one serious
My book has been out in the world for more than a week and I’m sleeping better than I have for the past 7 years. Someday I’ll sit down and write about how it feels to be seized by a subject for so long. “Obsessed” can only begin to describe it. As I said earlier–here […]