A Writer's Jottings

On Finding Our Readers

The other day I got an extremely flattering email about my work as a writer.

Oct 19

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September 2025

Aging and Creativity

September is my birthday month, so I’ve been thinking about the creativity of older writers, including my own.

Sep 29 • 

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August 2025

Getting Around to Writing

We writers often complain that we can’t get enough writing done...

Aug 15 • 

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July 2025

The Way Images Inspire Words

Often, we writers need inspiration to keep us going in a very challenging profession.

Jul 21 • 

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June 2025

What's Happening to Biographies?

Looking back, one of the most thrilling times during my years as a biographer was when reading the letters of Georgia O’Keeffe in Yale’s Beinecke Rare…

Jun 29 • 

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May 2025

On Selling My Own Book

At a tough time for authors in the volatile publishing world, it’s time to tell the story about my success selling on my own my gardening memoir, Four…

May 18 • 

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April 2025

Flowers and Fascism

Every April I ordinarily devote A Writer’s Jottings to some aspect of the powerful reciprocal relationship between writing and gardening, the way…

Apr 15 • 

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March 2025

Take a Break for Beauty

If April is the cruelest month when new growth mocks stagnating lives, then March can be called the dirtiest month in New England with its gritty…

Mar 13 • 

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February 2025

Georgia O'Keeffe, Still

An excellent new documentary “Georgia O’Keeffe: The Brightness of Light,” is the latest in the avalanche of information about this iconic artist.

Feb 22 • 

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January 2025

A Year of Good Reading

Writers read books for all kinds of reasons, and we can never read enough of them.

Jan 26 • 

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December 2024

On Reading My Past Year's Journal

An end of year ritual of mine is to read the past year’s journal.

Dec 28, 2024 • 

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November 2024

The Healing Female Heart

Earlier this fall, I wanted an overnight getaway.

Nov 17, 2024 • 

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