The writing? life
Seems like I am not getting enough writing done at the moment. Teaching, travel, family, Navajo language class, house and garden all take my time. But I take every opportunity I can to explore life and land on the reservation. I need to trust that soaking in life in the canyon will turn into material for a story or book or essay or article. Am I fooling myself? Procrastinating when I say this is my writing time? This is how I have always worked...writing as a natural part of my life eventually falls [...]
Beatrice go to the Netherlands and more
Just got my copy of Beatrice's Dream in Dutch. Can't wait to read it ;-).I love sending my books out into the world. And my children...Chris and Laurie are in Mozambique with the PC. Peter lives with his wife Chimei and son Ethan in Taiwan. Jon is about to go for a Semester in New Zealand. Rachel is in Pittsburgh. Four kids, fours continents.At least I can keep a copy of my books with me at home. And Beatrice? Here is what Corbis Photo agency has to say: Wendy Stones photo essay on [...]
Dying wool in the canyon
It's still all about writing. On Monday I drove my little black jeep through mounds of sand with Winnie Henry. We picked the leaves from a black walnut tree,the same one her mother used to pick from for dye, snake weed and rabbit bush. Back at her old stone Hogan we stoked up the ancient propane stove and set the water to boil while we picke the leaves off the branches and sat outside sharing stories. Two old grannies outside the Hogan in the canyon. Drop the wool in, stir it around. It [...]
The Sky is my Ocean
The sky is my ocean, the mesa my beach...... So the high dessert is becoming home.But part of me will always be a beach person. See what the blog Drawrite has to say about A BEACH TAIL: Ages 3-6 Drawrite blog I pick books the way most children would – by looking at the cover. Children are extremely perceptive. They notice, observe and pick up faster than most adults. I think books done for them have to be especially mindful and thoughtful. One such book is ‘A Beach Tail’. It is about a little boy, [...]
Getting here
After a week of traveling west, visiting friends old and new and hiking along the way we spent the last night before the movers came camped out on the floor in sleeping bags.