Kate and her desire lines and a boat
One of the artists whose work is in Life is a Verb is Kate Iredale. In addition to contributing amazing art to the book, Kate is stop #2 on the LIAV Blog Tour ’08! Go hear her story about LIAV and while you’re there, take a look at her beautiful …
Verbs and Pokemon!
Jessie sends this photo and note from Michigan: "Lillie, who is six, thought a photo of Life is a Verb would be best on our raft (beached) in front of the lake. She posed it with her cherished pokemon card (just traded this weekend)…" Having lived through years of Very …
Light-skinned-ed Girl talks to me
I love this woman’s writing and so am very pleased that Light-skinned-ed Girl is the first stop on the Life is a Verb Blog Tour! Heidi crafted an interview with me to celebrate the book, and you’ll see the results here. My thanks, Heidi! Her book, Light-skinned-ed Girl, will be …
Verbs in Hong Kong!
I love this fantastic photo from Lie Fhung in Hong Kong. Fhung writes: "Mine is probably the only one in Hong Kong – or at least the first one :). Here’s a photo of it with Hong Kong Island in the background – taken from where I live in Discovery …
Day 2 :: Live in the hello
If I had 37 days to live, I would no longer be suffocated in the clutches of man’s opinion. I would do exactly what my flesh and heart told me to do. I would override and abandon my conditioned, cautious, methodical, purposeful responses to life, and not neurotically fret over …
Day 3 :: Do 37 things
I’m an inveterate list-maker, so these two essays–in list form–rang near and dear to my heart: First, let me just say Patti, I cannot even fathom the fact that I would die in 37 days that I will make this completely hypothetical. You see, I’m pregnant! I’m only two months …
Day 4 :: Live in the World Headquarters of the Verb
From Wellington, New Zealand, come these thoughts, an excerpt of a longer essay posted on Marica Sevelj’s blog and sent to me as her answer to the question, “What would you be doing today if you only had 37 days to live?," a question she has revised to this powerful …
Verbs cross the border!
I really love this photo from Kate Iredale who just received Life is a Verb! Kate is one of the artists featured in the book–pages 9 and 173, if I remember correctly–and she will be part of the Life is a Verb Blog Tour beginning on September 3rd and running …
Verbs in the Library!
Have I ever mentioned how much I love libraries? From my first job at the Morganton-Burke Public Library (see page 80 in Life is a Verb!) through my role as librarian for the graduate English department at the University of Virginia to my job in the Science and Engineering Library …
Verbs a go-go!
So happy was I to meet up with a long-time friend from D.C. while in San Diego recently! Jeff De Cagna brought his copy of Life is a Verb with him and treated me and a few others to a glorious Thai dinner in the Gaslight District to celebrate friendship. …
