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Why We like to Walk...and Walk
Here in Connecticut, March is the last month for long walks before spring gardening begins. Walking, the old pre-wheel way of getting around is, like…
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What To Do With All the Paper?
Deep winter, when it’s snowy, dark, and cold outside, and the garden is dormant, is when I try to organize things inside, especially all my papers. I…
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A Nonfiction Reader's Feast
The short dark days of winter in New England are ordinarily the best reading days for me. I start before dawn and then try to begin again at dusk. The…
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An Artist Who Wrote
Artists don’t usually write well about making art since they primarily express themselves in images, so I’ve always been interested in Anne Truitt’s…
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Telling the Truth About Oneself
Dear Friends and Readers, As I prepare to give a talk about the genre of memoir in a few weeks, I'm again reflecting on this compelling and challenging…
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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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