Dear Jeff, I recently finished your book and felt compelled to write you a letter. This isn't my typical response to a book I enjoy. Usually, I praise the book to someone I know will like appreciate it as I do, then I put it directly in their hands. But I'm not sure I know... Continue Reading →
Man-Made Ugly
Click, click, click. I backed up and changed the setting on my camera. I was working on a series of photos called, “Natural Beauty, Man-made Ugly.” I liked to juxtapose hideous with beautiful, such as a great blue heron posed on an oil rig, or a wild flower sprouting from a pile of... Continue Reading →
Finding Felina
"How long have you been writing?" or "When did you know you wanted to be a writer?" I really hate those two questions, only because I don't have a distinct answer. I'm usually very linear with goals, but writing has been a passion full of starts and stops. I took a creative writing class when... Continue Reading →