It was the weekend of Martin Luther King Jr day in 2008 when a conversation with a friend sparked what would become An Alien's Guide to World Domination. We pondered the meaning of a holiday devoted to a complicated human who, nonetheless, consistently spoke of peace and love. We wondered if there were ways to … Continue reading Joining the conversation
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Welcome Newness
May 2016 renew the best of all of us: our joy, creativity, community, generosity, and love.
Merry merry!
May this beautiful season bring loving kindness to you and through you to others. To steal a line from my friend and wise woman Jill Freyman, "peace, love, and food."
A Thanksgiving Top Ten
This is less a “top” ten list, and more a “random” ten list. Who could put gratitude in any rational order, anyway? Stories - the infinite number of stories to be told. Or maybe there is only one real story, but an infinite variety of ways to tell it. Either way, the well of stories never runs … Continue reading A Thanksgiving Top Ten
Happy 75th Birthday, Mr. Lennon
John Lennon would have turned 75 today. This song seemed appropriate - accompanied by John's whimsical cartoons. Whatever Gets You Through the Night
On the Writers’ Vineyard: Stories that humanize
Thoughts on how our stories can humanize in my contribution this month to the Writers' Vineyard: Even when tempted to shirk the dark, fiction writers can offer views of our emotions, thoughts, plans, dreams, fears, and hopes that help us all realize the essential truth that holds us together: We are all human. Read the whole … Continue reading On the Writers’ Vineyard: Stories that humanize
The Labor of Writing
My monthly contribution to The Writers' Vineyard falls one day before Labor Day. Well, what better excuse to muse about the whole idea of work? I'm not inclined to romanticize manual labor. (I'm pretty lazy, after all.) But one thing about growing food and building shelter - it's pretty clear when you've been successful, and … Continue reading The Labor of Writing
The Good Fire – Redux
Three years ago, I wrote this brief piece as smoke from wildfires surrounded our area. Now in the heart of another fire season, I wanted to share again this reminiscence on a friendlier version of flame. The Good Fire Two brothers sit across a fire pit and talk about their lives. If you saw them … Continue reading The Good Fire – Redux
Love Wins
For all kinds of dads
For all kinds of dads... and granddads, moms, uncles, friends, aunts, grandmas, older brothers and sisters, mentors of all kinds. This Keb Mo song comes to mind to celebrate all who have helped us find our own way home. https://youtu.be/dLiMXitJzvw
Elizabeth Fountain, Author 