A Few More Valid Reasons Not to Write
In my last post, I said that people often tell me that they think they should write a book but they just can’t get around to it. They say this as though they feel guilty. I don’t think there is anything to feel guilty about. And in my last post I gave several valid...Andean Life Outside Machu Picchu: My Growing Affection for Abancay, Peru
My husband and I recently spent about a week-and-a-half in in Abancay, Peru, visiting our son Brendan, daughter-in-law Erin and new grandson Oliver. We travel to Peru about once a year these days because Brendan and Erin live there as missionaries, high in the Andean...New Ways With an Old Craft: The Fiber Art of Flóra Carlile-Kovács
In recent years as I’ve practiced the art of writing, I’ve found it significant to hear from other artists—not only writers, but musicians and visual artists as well—about the creative process. All of us are affected by our own experiences, by the places we’ve lived,...Art For The Soul
A few posts back I wrote about my brother, Walt Hampton, who makes wonderful music, teaches it and shares it with others. The giving of music is an act of joy and generosity. In that same spirit, today I’m writing about my friends Chuck and Janis Lindley, who...A New Citizen of the World: Oliver Miguel Connally
How do you fall in love with a person you’ve never met? I can’t explain it, but I know it happens, because it happened to me. I have a new grandson, born a week ago in Peru, and I love him dearly. Please meet Oliver Miguel Connally, who made his...
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I am a writer who loves good music and good stories. It’s been my privilege to combine these loves by writing fiction that honors the creation of beauty, even in the bleakest of circumstances, through the creation of music. Writing has also led me to a deep interest in the recent history of central and eastern Europe.
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