Category: writing
How do you know you’re a writer? If you wrote today, you’re a writer.
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My good friend Chris James and I have known each other 40 years, and while I knew he had a gifted sister — Betsy James, both an author and an artist — I hadn’t ever seen her work until we visited the Nedra Matteucci Gallery in Santa Fe this month. Goodness me. I just felt…
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A salute to those who make writers’ words come alive on paper. I’ve had the great privilege of working with award-winning page designers at various newspapers over the years, and they can make or break a reader’s first impression. My most recent project, a tribute to local women, has two completely different looks. The photo…
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Sometimes our local weekly newspaper lets me knock out a piece for them. My latest, brief profiles of the local women who made a difference in Eugene, Oregon, was a delight to research. While all of the women I wrote about are inspiring, I’m deeply intrigued by Alice Hall Chapman. She was a physician and…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 