Category: writing

How do you know you’re a writer? If you wrote today, you’re a writer.

  • When I finished Kaliane Bradley’s “The Ministry of Time,” I knew I had to read it again right away. This sweet genius of a book combines history, science fiction and romance, with surprises all over the place but there’s a plot development near the end that I did not see coming at all. I’m not…

  • It took me about a month of receiving free daily newsletters from Nautilus magazine before I finally subscribed to it. The science magazine has not disappointed me, and I still enjoy its newsletters because they link to interesting stories in other publications. Today’s newsletter included links to stories in the New York Times,(trees that benefit…

  • This camellia began to set buds sometime in October, about six months ago. Three weeks ago, the flowers began to open. For the record, I didn’t go outside in November and stare at the buds, hoping they’d open right then. I didn’t do it in December or January or February, either. But in early March,…