March 18, 2013
THE VERY BEST WRITING advice I’ve ever received came from one of the very best living American writers. I am a great believer in...
March 9, 2013
LISTENING TO THE RADIO recently, I heard an announcer introduce someone who had written a “memoir,” and I swear the announcer spat out the...
March 8, 2013
IT WAS AN HONOR to be interviewed by Jon Winokur for his fine site, AdvicetoWriters.com. Somehow he got me to admit to my great...
March 1, 2013
THERE’S A NEW CLASS coming up, added because you asked me to. I’m delighted you asked, by the way. I call this class Memoirama,...
February 16, 2013
NEWS YOU CAN USE. Maybe you saw these stories. Maybe you missed them, but these are among the pieces I’ve read recently that might...
February 1, 2013
We dipped into the single digits on the thermometer recently upstate, and every time this happens I am reminded about the degrees by which...
January 30, 2013
ON AUGUST 3 1963, a family put down one thousand dollars to buy a furnished house, five acres, and a car, and moved to...
January 24, 2013
IN THE BEGINNING, there wasn’t a thing Margaret owned, a phrase she spoke, or a gesture she tossed off that I did not want...
January 17, 2013
I TRY TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW every day. It’s not a new idea, I know, nor is it unique to me. It’s an adage...
January 15, 2013
A SIDE ORDER OF DISH is my favorite single ingredient in any cookbook. I mean I love it when people cook and tell. And...
January 13, 2013
DURING THIS WEEK in 1610, Galileo began what is probably the most significant contribution he made to science. He began observing the moons of...
January 12, 2013
IN JANUARY I PINE for a good old blizzard. Why? Because I love them and the snow shoeing that follows. But all that longing...
