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No Quiet Water

Background image courtesy of Pixabay Mrs. Kamada and I met several years ago at a writing retreat in Seattle, both of us finding our way...

People Fall in Love Even in Seasons of Uncertainty

Our experiences this season are varied. How we respond or react is dependent on variables ranging from personal temperament to physical

Discovering John Ruskin

It was criminal of me as an art history teacher to have neglected exposing my young students to the brilliance of John Ruskin. I...

Hiking the High Sawtooth Trails

This is Sawtooth country and home to Lena and Evan, the fictional couple of two of my stories, Comes The Winter and Redeeming Lies....

Writing: Metaphor or Simile

"When we read, we start at the beginning and read until we reach the end. When we write, we start in the middle and fight our way out."...

"Forsaken Trail" MK McClintock Interview

Today, I'm joined by MK McClintock, award-winning author of historical fiction, and the imaginative force responsible for the origin of...

Wonderfear

As I’m preparing, researching, and generally agonizing about this new writing project, I’ve been spending time in the natural world. For...

Quiet Places

Once I thought that a quiet place to collect one’s thoughts and recharge lost energy was, in fact, quiet. A recent trip to the seaside...

Practice Positive Perspectives

It’s like an under-worked muscle. Many of us are born with it well-developed. As children we meet the world with eyes of wonder and...

Samantha St. Claire