Yes, it is Saturday afternoon, and I am writing a blog post. I’m like Walter Mitty, pretending to be actually a new-age Irma Bombeck, and I’ve got a deadline, and I’ve got to be clever. But the truth is, I’m just me, and I have trouble being clever. Not to …
I think I go through it every year at this time. I don’t even know what to call it: shutting down, transitioning, …
The last few days have been a bit overwhelming, trying to get ready for the new semester and finishing the final round …
The moment every writer dreads: turning on the computer to your most current project, only to find it missing, gone, vanished into the …
Well. I certainly had no idea that writing a cookbook would take so much time and effort. But it has, it does, …
What I’m learning is that no matter how many times you make a recipe successfully, it can—and will—still fail. I’ve been carting …
Remodeling and revision and reinventing are themes in my life. If you’ve read my work you know that my formative years were …
Being a writer means you get to do all kinds of interesting things, and the world of the Internet has opened up …
Among the many other things that occur in March (yesterday was National Chip and Dip Day) is National Women’s History Month. I …
My wonderful and hardworking book manager came up with this great list of things friends and family and fans of Blue Moon Vegetarian can …
Some time back, early in the production of Blue Moon Vegetarian, I had queried New York Times best-selling author Caroline Leavitt about …
Right now, tonight, I have nothing really to talk about. I’m at the end of a long, fun, busy string of months. …
It seems right to take a moment to honor and thank all who have worked so hard to make my year so …
I live in a remote area of southeast Washington State near where Idaho, Washington, and Oregon intersect, and where people are passionate …
Dove Creek began its public life as a radio broadcast on KRFP 98.5 fm in Moscow, Idaho. The producer, a woman with …
