I read this today from Louise Erdrich's new novel The Night Watchman: And Patrice thought another thing her mother said was defin...

I say that the blue which is seen in the atmosphere is not its own colour but is caused by warm humidity evaporated in minute and...

photo by Carl Jackson On Friday night, poet and MacArthur Genius, Heather McHugh, graced a room full of my friends who came to watc...

Crescent Lake, Washington I slipped away from sunny California and traveled first by plane to Seattle and then by ferry and ca...

I know there's a metaphor somewhere in that photo of a little knothole in the Ventura Pier that I took last weekend, but I just have...

I'm over the top grateful for this recognition . Honestly, it seems ridiculous to give me a reward when Heather McHugh and the beaut...

I've had a lovely day -- breakfast with my friend Jenni, flowers from those neighborhood cuties above, and a coconut cake that I ...

I'm back in Los Angeles, the Oscar helicopters are circling, and I've already scrubbed my Barbie bathroom clean.  Let's rem...

I'm off to Seattle this afternoon, where I'll be meeting some new people and attending the Caregifted benefit on Friday night. W...

Victoria, 2013 That's me and Heather McHugh, the extraordinary poet, MacArthur Genius Award winner and founder of CAREGIFTED, th...

Heather McHugh, Butchart Gardens, Victoria, Canada 2013 Imagination makes me large. The constraints of duty make me small. Jene...

photographer: Heather McHugh Hey, it's June 30th! I'm sitting in the Victoria Airport, waiting for a flight to Seattle and t...

I have yet to wake up from this dream because each day dawns and there is something new to marvel over. Heather took me to Butchart Garde...

That's the view from my little tree-top apartment in Victoria, British Columbia and where I arrived last night and was escorted by th...