Writing Prompt: Finish the potato salad story
I dove face down into the potato salad and… You finish the story.
Linda Della Donna’s Little Red Mail Box Interviews Janet Grace Riehl about “Sightlines” and “What’s it like to be living your dream?”
Linda Della Donna has a cool blog named “Little Red Mailbox” filled with print interviews, and now I’ve joined the throng. You can check it out by clicking here. Clocking in at around 2,800 words–quite long for an interview of this sort–it’s very in-depth–I’d say that Linda’s Little Red Mailbox is in danger of being…
Edna J. Patterson-Petty Sewing Up a Creative Storm
The phrase, “When words are too deep, try art therapy,” captures the spirit, work and person of Edna J. Patterson-Petty. A fiber artist, art therapist, and teacher, Patterson-Petty’s work truly heals, providing the comfort and warmth expected of the quilts she creates. Her graduate degrees in Studio Art and Art Therapy and the inspiration derived…
Edna J. Patterson-Petty’s “Intimacy: New Fiber Sculptures” Exhibit at David & Jacqueline Charak Gallery, Crafts Alliance
Today and tomorrow on Riehlife, I’m honored to feature one of the fine artists (very fine) I’ve encountered here in St. Louis. Edna J. Patterson-Petty has a show opening this week, so we’ll start there. Tomorrow you’ll get a closer and broader look at a warm woman just filled with wisdom for the village of…
Listen to “Memento-Mori: Life and Death, Moment by Moment”
Here’s the Audio-Link for my Septemeber 2nd sermon at the First Unitarian Church of Alton, Illinois. Click here for a link to listen to “Memento-Mori: Life and Death, Moment by Moment” (just the sermon) or the full service. Neither my father nor I were amplified for our violin-playing, but you can hear it if you…
Pregnant with Art (Inspiration from Julia Cameron)
“As an experienced artist, I carry my work like a secret pregnancy. I am always aware of inner life and the need to protect it.” ~Julia Cameron~
Excerpt from Marj Casswell’s “A Place to Come Home To,”
From Chapter 1, “A Place to Come Home To,” by Marj Casswell (go here to buy the book) For years every pack of cigarettes I opened took me back to our tobacco barn. As the red plastic encircling the pack tore away and the silver paper lifted, I would stand under two-foot long leaves drying…
Marj Casswell Speaks on Her Connection to Story, Farming Life, and the Land
Marj Casswell’s first published novel, “A Place to Come Home to” was a semifinalist for both the William Faulkner/Wisdom Competition, and the Lewis and Clark Expedition Award. Vancouver’s Casswell is generally known as a non-fiction writer and wrote for non-profit organizations before starting her second career as novelist. Today Riehlife interviews Marj who writes feelingly…
Marj Cassell’s “A Place to Come Home To” Featured on Riehlife in three posts this week
Today read my review of Marj’s book. Tomorrow read our interview in which Marj shares her thoughts and connections to farming, family, and the land. Saturday, read an excerpt from the beginning of “A Place to Come Home To.”
Keeping Track of Janet Riehl As She Wanders Far
Cruising around the internet, I discovered this link at the Lake County Arts Council Website maintained by the inestimable Xian Yeagan: Keeping track of Janet Riehl as she wanders far. I thought you might get a kick out of it, as I did. It made me feel quite happy to know that there was still…