by Carole Duff | Oct 10, 2022 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
To begin to be, to become, as here with fall coming to Vanaprastha. From foreground to background: marigolds clustered in bloom, spice bush leaves yellowing, river oak grasses going to seed in the meadow in front of the house and behind, maples tinted red. When...
by Carole Duff | Sep 26, 2022 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
In the more open places are little lavender asters, and the even smaller-flowered white ones that some people call bee weed or farewell summer. From “An Entrance to the Woods,” by poet, essayist, and farmer Wendell Berry. Farewell summer Only when we bid...
by Carole Duff | Sep 5, 2022 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
A week ago, I celebrated a landmark birthday plus one, entering my eighth decade, time to question the root of the matter: aging. The root problem I noticed it two decades ago, the pull of gravity on my face, my breasts, and now my derriere. Once I was like a young...
by Carole Duff | Aug 29, 2022 | Writing and Reading |
Lawrence Knorr is President and CEO of Sunbury Press, based in Mechanicsburg, PA—his home; everyone else employed by his publishing company works from home. With 15 imprints and over one hundred titles published per year, Sunbury is a medium-sized press. Knorr has a...
by Carole Duff | Aug 22, 2022 | Writing and Reading |
Three years ago, at HippoCamp 2019, I encountered Randon Billings Noble as a debut author, reading from her brilliant essay collection Be With Me Always, and as a presenter for her inspirational breakout session, “Crafting the Lyric Essay.” When I read that she was...
by Carole Duff | Aug 15, 2022 | Writing and Reading |
Lillie Gardner has discipline, as both a writer and a musician. She holds a PhD in piano performance and is a piano instructor. And she meshes the discipline of music into the discipline of her writing. At HippoCamp22, in the session titled “Write Like a Musician,”...
