… and cartoons. I mark the passage of our 12 (twelve, a dozen) French writers, cartoonists, satirists, and fellow humans.
Recent Essays- Authoring a life under authoritarianism
- June-July 2023: Summer reading and a sort-of love letter to Becky Chambers and Ross Gay
- May 2023: Re-effing-vision
- April 2023: Counting syllables
- March 2023: Others’ Words
- February 2023: the impossible
- January 2023: in praise of editors
- December 2022: Waves
- November 2022
- My Perfect Job
- Recent Tidbits
- Today I went live at The Write Practice . . .
- The MFA: I’m running like our cat
- Tooting my own horn …
- Sustenance for writerly souls … aka, references galore
- I’m jumping …
- Sharing others’ good words and mojo
- Shameless self-promotion …
- Neat, short writing opportunity: I Write Because …
- Val’s Strategies vis-a-vis Social Media
- I know, I know, I’m an agnostic …
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