Writing
Writing about writing, autobiography, cross posting selected work from other places.
-
I am reading Grace Paley’s collection of stories, Later the Same Day and was struck by how she moves the narratives without the types of digital anchors we often see in writing today. There are fewer invoked cultural objects and more force in narrative progression through her writing alone. Shouldn’t we always be interested in… Read more
-
I began a personal journal in 1974, although that first one was stolen from me shortly after I arrived in France. The first entry in the next journal is dated Aug. 27, 1974 in Salisbury, England. After University, it seemed part of being an educated person was to keep a journal the way Samuel Pepys… Read more
-
Wishing you peace as I take some time off. Read more
-
As I’m typing, an unexpected visitor is approaching from the east. Read more
-
I made no journal entry after seeing the Pablo Picasso retrospective at the New York Museum of Modern Art on June 4, 1980. It had a profound impact on me nonetheless. To see his work presented in mostly chronological order was astounding and relevant to my own creative endeavor. I had paused journaling while on… Read more
-
With my spouse away for two weeks, and completion of garden planting, I cleaned the house for summer and have been considering what I want to accomplish next with my writing. The second volume of memoir is with early readers whose assignment was to finish it before the end of summer. Memoir-writing is on the… Read more
-
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds created a 14-member nuclear energy task force in January by executive order. They finished their initial work this week and now its recommendations will go to the governor, state lawmakers, and state agencies. In her Jan. 5, 2026 press release, Reynolds said, “With our strong foundation in manufacturing and energy innovation,… Read more
-
It took a lot of work to write the 5,808 posts on my several blogs since 2007. The thought of losing that work was unacceptable so I used the service Blog-to-Print to make paper copies along the way. They went out of business, and I haven’t been able to find a replacement that provides the… Read more
-
On June 14, I received notification from WordPress that my post Newspapers Now on Blog for Iowa was selected for Freshly Pressed, “a showcase where (they) feature editors’ picks and community favorites on WordPress.com.” The result was an immediate and substantial increase in views and likes of the post. There are more than 60 million… Read more
-
It took less time than I thought to pick a new theme and change the look of my blog. Beginning tomorrow, it is back to a normal posting schedule. I re-wrote the about page, which can be accessed here. A new paragraph provides insight into why I named the blog Journey Home: I’ll be 75… Read more
You must be logged in to post a comment.