The Creative Bubble – Reading Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit
I have been in a creative bubble for the past few weeks, focusing my mental energies on a creative project, namely a restructuring of my memoir manuscript. I didn't know to call it that until I came across the term in Twyla Tharp's The Creative Habit, which I picked up at my new writing home, the Writers Workspace (WWS) on Chicago's [...]
Farewell, Hemingway House!
My year as writer-in-residence at the Hemingway Birthplace Home in Oak Park has come to an end and as I say farewell to my studio in the attic, I treat you one last time to favorite glimpses of the house as I experienced it. Farewell to the congregation of furniture in the attic Bye bye to the funky disco wall [...]
Two Turrets: My Grandfather’s and Hemingway’s
Turret of the Hemingway Birthplace Home in Oak Park, Illinois Turret of my grandfather's former apartment in Liberec, Czech Republic The Hemingway Birthplace Home in Oak Park, Illinois has a turret, and so did the building where my grandfather used to live in what is now called Liberec in the Czech Republic. Hemingway was a writer and my grandfather was [...]
The Way to Work
My days as the writer-in-residence at the Hemingway House in Oak Park are drawing to a close, and so I decided to document my drive there. I have come to cherish my way to work as I came to think of it, driving through the northwestern neighborhoods of Chicago after dropping my sons off at their school on the far [...]
Eventually It All Gets Done
I have often have to remind myself that eventually, it all gets done. Such as sewing that button onto my son's polo shirt. It's an old Lacoste he inherited from his father. One of the few instances when saving clothes paid off! That polo shirt was laying around for weeks, waiting for me to tend to it, to find a [...]
My Recipe for a Perfect Porch Day in Bella Grace Magazine
You might remember my blog post from last summer, Recipe for a Perfect Day on the Porch. Well, I'm happy to announce that it made it into the summer issue of Bella Grace Magazine. There's a little story behind this publishing experience, which I share in the newest issue of my newsletter (if you don't subscribe yet, use the sign-up [...]