The house has been de-Christmased at last, although it’s still a cluttered disaster. I have been reading everyone’s Facebook comments and had to laugh — we are all feeling a deep need to declutter and re-organize. Picking January 1 as the start of the new year may be artificial, but it still triggers a primordial desire to start anew, even if we are in the dead of winter. Well, except Austin’s winter is a bit Read more…
This has been a busy month. I was fortunate to spend a week at my mother’s home in Connecticut. After a harrowing drive in a blizzard from the airport to her house, a drive that should have taken 90 minutes but instead took 4.5 hours, I made it safely to my childhood home. Thought process during the white-knuckled experience: “Well, we’re only going around 5 miles per hour in icy, snowy conditions, plus it’s dark, Read more…
Here’s what I wanted to know about Joan of Arc. My most successful work is always born out of the question, How come? With A Prayer for Captain La Hire, I wanted to know why none of the champions who fought by Joan’s side, who followed her into battle, who used her as a weapon in the war for France’s identity and soul, none of them tried to ransom her when she was captured by Read more…