For most of my life sewing was just too hard, too complicated, and too scary. A ferocious sewing teacher in primary seven put me off sewing machines, and she ripped out my “from the wrong end” stitches, since she couldn’t prevent me sewing left-handed. I was put in the third row (for the […]
Playing with my name, white granite and pine cones. And an excess of E’s.
Jonathan Palmér
Last night I went to Malmö City Library, to my first indoor cultural event since December 2019. And fittingly, wonderfully, it was Douglas Stuart, talking about Shuggie Bain. As I have written elsewhere, this book is astonishing, a tour de force of love and despair. Acclaimed by critics, loved by readers, translated into a slew […]
Anaïs Nin
A great poem by Marge Piercy
Ron Finley
R. S. Grey
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Alice Walker