vivid just like you: thursday evening Santa Fe

Friday, July 31, 2009

thursday evening Santa Fe

Hey, my MFA residency is going well-- and sleep calls.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Hi, Denise. I just discovered your blog when I saw you comment at Hearts and Minds Books saying you were about to read my book, "Bewildered Travel." I hope you liked it. I'm enjoying your blog - love the photos of yarn, love the day to day awareness. My wife and I are going to have twins in January (!) (I have two kids in their early 20s already) so reading about your daily rhythms with yours brings me both back and forward....; 10:21 PM

Denise

Vivid Just Like You is a line from a beautiful Greg Brown song, about the beautiful Ani DeFranco gifting him with a summer bouquet and a song. The song is his return gift, a charmed thank you and an invitation for a walk.

"You gave me flowers... I want to give you something, too."

I started writing TEN years ago, remembering all the letters I penned as a young adult. I miss those long Saturday mornings, curled up on the floor and writing page after page, longhand. I never edited-- just threw the pages away if they were not fit for the eyes of friends, or I snipped out the best parts and kept them for my journal.

Blogging helped me to learn to write. I'm still figuring out how it fits, but I know I miss my letter-writing, and when I don't blog, my writing feels stiffer. It's my tenth anniversary as a writer. So let's go.