Miranda July in July

A book can be a wonderful gift. This was especially wonderful because it introduced me to new paths to creativity and finding time to be more thoughtful and creative.


Go HERE to learn more about July and loving yourself more.



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anita brookner

one of england's best fiction writers. a writer of formidable technique and intelligence. --the san francisco chronicle.


i enjoy brookner's works so much i was glad to find one i hadn't read in a used bookshop. this copy was inscribed from susan to claudia

claudia:
a short novel
for a long afternoon...
some summer
on the sunporch
soon.
ah, for the luxury
of that,
well-deserved!
susan
may 1990 spring.

What About Dorothy Parker?

Charcoal portrait of Dorothy Parker by Peggy Bacon.

One of my favorite photos of Dottie. 

At age 22, Dorothy Rothschild sold a poem to Vanity Fair Magazine. It was 1914, and she was on her way. (Three years later she would marry Alan Parker & continue on her career path.) She wrote plays, short stories, poems, and Doodads as she called them. Witty little phrases that people who have never heard of her are familiar with. Later she would move to Los Angeles and write screenplays. 

Investing in a collection of her writings would be a wise decision. You won't ever regret it.

Woodswoman

Anne LaBastille still lives in the Adirondacks. This is a memoir published in 1976. She has a Ph.D in Wildlife Ecology from Cornell University. This book fascinated me and I recommend it. 

LaBastille thanks those who helped her in her quest to live this way and become an Adirondack Guide. (most of the people she thanks are men, woodsmen, and her ex husband--I mention this because she does as much as she possibly can on her own, but appreciates and accepts help.) 

She overcomes many obstacles and never gives up on her dreams. I think that this book could be enjoyed back-to-back with Sharon Butala's book "The Perfection of the Morning." 

These women are inspirational.  A little zen, a lot strong.