I loved wearing a mask during the shutdown: A chance to not think about what expression my face was wearing. A chance to not display my crooked tooth. In novel writing, villains wear masks of a different kind. The villain or antagonist, generally wants to hide less obvious flaws or desires. The villain of myContinue reading “On Masks and Villains”
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Discipline
Self-discipline is everything in novel writing. Or so I’m led to believe when friends call me disciplined. I call it obstinacy. My mother called me obstinate long before I dreamed of creating stories. Actually, she called me that before I was old enough to get lost in a book. We are what we are, fromContinue reading “Discipline”
More Thoughts About Change
I miss my weekly yoga classes. I attended them for more than twenty years, but during Covid, the studio closed down, they sold the props, they sold the building. Caput! No more yoga classes near home. I’m thinking about exercising self-discipline and practicing at home. But it won’t be the same. In a world undergoingContinue reading “More Thoughts About Change”
Stepping Out
When ground squirrels ate up my garden last summer, I began filling two water containers. Since the squirrels continued eating squash leaves and other sprouts, I realized they weren’t eating for moisture alone. However, the water containers did attract birds and so I continued. This fall after we stored the patio umbrella, I placed aContinue reading “Stepping Out”
Kate Harrington 