Bedtime Stories
September 17, 2010
In lieu of stories from books, we told childhood tales to our grandson before we tucked him in bed. I made the first suggestion to my husband:
“Gary, tell Sebastian about Aunt Evelyn and the gingerbread.”
“There’s not much to tell.”
“Just tell him.” Read the rest of this entry »
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The Truth as We Know It
April 28, 2010
I was listening to an interview with Mary Karr. She was talking about her third memoir, a book she didn’t want to be just another “drunk-a-log.” In fact, she didn’t like the direction that her first draft was going, so she threw the first 2000 words away and started over. Read the rest of this entry »