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I promised you some small breaks from the writing process here. So I wanted to tell you about the Girl’s Day celebration we had this year. Continue reading
Girl’s Day (Hina Matsuri)
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How I wrote my artist statement
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Anyone remember that Muppet (Don Music, above) on Sesame Street who kept trying to play “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” on the piano? He would almost reach the end, then play the wrong note. Then he’d groan, “OH, I’LL NEVER GET … Continue reading
Beginning the book
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I’ve got an idea for a book, and I’ve got some drafts of pieces. So what’s next? Well, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to structure the book overall. Continue reading
My own private MFA: the final project proposal
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I’m writing a memoir. It’s a memoir about the aftermath of two—no, three—major events which have affected my life. The first event is my father’s death. He died when I was 10 years old. The second event is the Japanese American incarceration of World War II, which affected my father’s life and continues to affect my own. The third event, the one that made me turn to writing this project at all, is the loss of my job and my return to the writing life. Continue reading
What uncertainty looks like
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“We just need to get to the ocean,” Josh said. Really? I thought. As much as I love the ocean, I wasn’t sure if we should really go. We have two littles, after all. Even with each other, with rock-paper-scissors, … Continue reading
One more breath
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Just to be clear, because I don’t want to scare anyone, everyone’s fine here. I’m not talking about one last breath; I’m talking about one more breath. If you practice yoga, you know what I’m talking about. I’ll come back … Continue reading
Where I’ve been
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Where have I been? Well, I’ve been thinking about you. You’ve been on my list, believe me. I imagine you peeking through the velvet curtains, clicking the website address in vain. Anybody home? Not recently. Ah, well. I’ll try again. … Continue reading
5(ish) Questions: Diana Abu-Jaber’s Own Private MFA
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I am excited to have a guest post here from Diana Abu Jaber, an author I’d followed for a long time before we “met” on Twitter. I first read her lovely food memoir The Language of Baklava, then went backwards … Continue reading
Taking stock at midsummer
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Canning strawberry and rhubarb jam. A taiko performance at our neighborhood library. My own homemade piecrust, for the first time. Salted caramel drinking chocolate. Birds of Paradise. An apricot croissant with strawberry cream from this bakery. … Continue reading
5(ish) Questions: Tara Austen Weaver’s Own MFA
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I started reading blogs around 2007, but I can’t remember when or how I began reading Tea and Cookies, by Tara Austen Weaver. I’m not sure if I found her blog first, or Shauna‘s blog first–and was happy to see … Continue reading