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Where We Work: Writers
Dear Friends and Readers, Unlike artists who typically render images of their studios with paint, we writers usually use words to describe where we…
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Where We Work: Artists' Studios
Dear Friends and Readers, Artists have long worked in their own studios, and many have portrayed them in paint in ways that give us a glimpse at their…
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The Importance of Walking to Writers
Dear Friends and Readers, Now that the garden is a little less demanding, I'm taking long walks again on dirt roads and hikes on trails in town. There…
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Why Do Writer's Write
Dear Friends and Readers, On the second anniversary of the publication of Word for Word: A Writer's Life, I'd like to reflect on why writers write…
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NEW JOTTINGS: Into The Garden Again
Dear Friends and Readers, Every April I remember again what gardening brings to writing, and what writing gets from gardening. In the chapter "Words" in…
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The Best Way To Read
Dear Friends and Readers, We have so many choices about how to absorb words--on paper, by sound, or as digits--that it's sometimes difficult to decide…
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The Pleasures of Handwriting
Dear Friends and Readers, Handwriting is the writer's craft, and I like using it much more than digital fonts that mimic script. Good reasons exist for…
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