By Sari Botton
“The blonde stripes also felt like a cosmetic lie I was no longer willing to live with; in the weeks after each application, I had the feeling I was wearing a hat, or a wig, that slid slowly off my head.” Continue reading
Author Archives: Lisa Peet
Away Game: Marcia DeSanctis on Travel, Movement, and Finding the Thread
by Lisa Peet
“There’s an essay in my book from one of the most unglamorous places in the world, Waterbury, Connecticut, but I love it. I think you can find wonder and mystery everywhere. I think you can experience newness anywhere.” Continue reading
Maud Newton on Ancestors, Imaginative Spirituality, and Old School Blogging
by Lisa Peet
“It was a tricky balance for me to go into this in a receptive spirit, and to find what might work for me in this way of looking at the relationship between the living family and the dead family.” Continue reading
“Diamond District” and “Sleeping” from Katharine Weber’s collection, Jane of Hearts and Other Stories
“Let the stone tell you what it wants to be and allow it to become that thing,” the old man whispered. Isabel peered through the loupe and bent over her grandfather’s work table. Continue reading
Sari Botton on Oldster, Aging, and Crooked Career Paths
by Lisa Peet
“I’m really heartened to learn that I’m not the only person who feels many different ages inside myself.” Continue reading
Elise Engler on A Diary of the Plague Year
by Lisa Peet
“The longer I did it, I couldn’t be absurd anymore, because there was too much at stake. And it also was much more interesting to draw what mattered.” Continue reading
Course Correction: Stephanie Gangi on Carry the Dog
by Lisa Peet
“I really did feel like [the title] demonstrated the core theme of the book, which is determination and resilience, and figuring out how to navigate with some awkward grace.” Continue reading
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