Writer's Island

All the cards I painted and sent this year.  Another August Poetry Postcard Fest is done and in the books. This was my 12th year doing the ...

In parts 1 and 2, I talked about two books that finally ended my reading blahs at the end of last year—Larry McMurtry’s wonderful travelogue...

Continuing our tale of the book lover who somehow lost her love for books, I was in a bit of despair after finishing Larry McMurty's tra...

I had an odd phenomenon going on this year: I kept quitting books. I must have started 10 or 20 in a row—books that looked great, things I’d...

Cards I got from other Festers. Go, Group 9! The annual August writing marathon is done—30 days, 31 poems written on 31 hand-painted postcar...

A year ago, I decided to try SketchBox , a subscription service that sends you a small box of art supplies every month. I’d been taking a se...

Does an embarrassing clutter of markers make you draw more? In a way, yes. If you’ve ever read this blog, you know that I love me a writing ...