Archive for January, 2010
One love
25Jan10
So I’m sitting in a writer’s studio in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, and it’s been an absolutely gorgeous day with deep blue skies and puffs of clouds and temperatures in the mid-60s for God’s sake and I’m supposed to be working on a novel but instead I’m gazing out a window at [...]
Filed under: Bob Marley, love, Music, Three chords and the truth, writing | Leave a Comment
Tags: "Could You Be Loved", "One Love", Blue Ridge Mountains, Bob Marley, reggae, Virginia, writing
Yes, I’ve got a personal interest. But I wouldn’t say this if I didn’t really believe it: The just-published novella “Love’s Compass” by Mary McAvoy is a book you should buy and read. Mary’s got a knack for story-telling, and her well-crafted novella offers deceptively simple but intriguing themes and elegantly-wrought motifs to explore and [...]
Filed under: Book talk, books, Nature, Robert Lax, Web, writing | 1 Comment
Tags: Boston's South End, divorce, love, love found, love lost, Love's Compass, marriage, Mary McAvoy, nature essays, nature photos, novella, Robert Lax, romance novels