Memoir
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The Weight of Love
There are many ways in which we learn love: what it is, how to give it, and how to receive it. I like to think that we never stop learning love; this has certainly been true for me. Often, we first learn by watching those around us experience love. Next, we typically learn by…
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The Ghosts of Prescott, Part Two
“he said ‘my absence is strong and warm. it will hold you. it will teach you how to miss. how to be without. and how to survive anyway.’ –how my father raised me” Yrsa Daley-Ward Writer’s Note: Read the first part of my story here. This past March, I found myself back in Prescott with my…
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The Ghosts of Prescott, Part One
“I’m restless. Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars again.” –Anais Ninn I first visited Prescott, Arizona, when I was a young girl. My parents and I stayed at the Hassayampa Inn, a 1920s-era brick building set in the heart of the historic district. The Inn is as well known…
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Origins
“Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.” –Flannery O’Connor Hey Readers, The above Flannery O’Connor quote is my favorite piece of advice on writing. (Though, to be honest, the context may not have been directly related to the subject. Anybody know?) I find…
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