Posted in Spiritual Life on Apr 30th, 2010
A few weeks ago at church, I was chatting with a friend and her oncologist husband. He noticed a rash on my arm and neck and said, “You know, sometimes people get a rash like that when they have a low platelet count.”
I brushed it off, saying I’d had a rash much like it when [...]
Agent #14 wrote one of the kindest rejection letters I’ve ever received. It’s a form letter, but it’s a kind form letter, kind enough to aid my delusions that this agent really didn’t want to reject me, delusions abetted by knowing that it took three weeks instead of the promised two to get a response: [...]
Posted in Reading on Apr 23rd, 2010
Since April is National Poetry Month, I thought I’d read and review one of the (very few) books of poetry that has won the Newbery, Nancy Willard’s A Visit to William Blake’s Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers (1982).
I confess I’m not altogether sure what I think of this book. I read it [...]