In our last visit to Pine Street for a while, our friends gather for a quiet recognition of the end of one year, and welcoming of the next.
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Pine Street Episode 319: Summer fades
The women of Pine Street gather to share coffee, pastries, and tales of love.
Pine Street Episode 301: Hints of summer
Allison ponders her patch of dirt and weeds, and receives an offer of help from a new friend.
Merry merry…
Whatever you celebrate this week, celebrate in style. Eat, drink, laugh, sing, dance, converse, hug, love. Do as much as you can in person, face to face with the people (humans and critters) you love. And if you are alone, treat yourself to the best company of all - your own heart and soul. Peace, … Continue reading Merry merry…
You, Jane: The Pitch
The PNWA writers' conference is coming up, and here's a draft of a pitch for novel number two, You Jane, first constructed in 2010's NaNoWriMo frenzy. I'm not sure I've got it right yet - tell me what you think: Jane’s a frustrated writer who’s been in love with her best friend Charlie since their … Continue reading You, Jane: The Pitch
Creation: It’s contagious (Project Create)
It is, as a friend of mine said, contagious. This idea of committing to doing something crazy and wonderful, like writing fifty-thousand words of a novel in thirty days, or publishing a new demo song each week for a whole year, or walking a labyrinth at least once a day, or getting a short story … Continue reading Creation: It’s contagious (Project Create)
When you are old, everything reminds you
I read this piece - written to a friend a couple of years ago - at another friend's 50th birthday party tonight. It was great fun to hear his laughter. The last time I bought a hair dryer, Bill Clinton was president. It was early enough in his presidency that we still thought he would … Continue reading When you are old, everything reminds you
Hell and god
Maybe we've all been thinking about hell a bit more this past week. Here's an excerpt from The Book that I read at Hugo House's Works in Progress last Monday night. Hell and god “Can you believe in hell if you don’t believe in God?” While she was working up her courage to call Jack, … Continue reading Hell and god
Shinny
June's Story of the Week was called Shinny. Shinny is the name Canadians - and some eastern Washingtonians, I've since learned - give to pick-up hockey. Shinny It was super cold that day, but Will decided to cut school to go play shinny on the skating pond anyway. The ice’d be good and hard and … Continue reading Shinny
Elizabeth Fountain, Author 