Category: Women Writers and Their Art

Keyboard Calling

Keyboard Calling

Women writers with a calling to the keyboard, I salute you. For you insist on defining yourself, rather than allowing others to do it for you. There is something about you that says I have to be me – whatever the cost.  And you have been willing to pay the price, because for you, there has [...]

February 8, 2013 | 2 Comments More
The Writer Who Began Quilting

The Writer Who Began Quilting

I inherited my need to create from my mother. During the 1950’s she wasn’t content to sit quietly crocheting doilies or knitting sweaters; she Tolle-painted our TV trays and flocked our Christmas tree pink. As a teenager in the late sixties I played and wrote desperate love songs on my twenty-five dollar guitar and when [...]

September 14, 2012 | 1 Comment More
Making Connections: Buses, Weaving and Poetry

Making Connections: Buses, Weaving and Poetry

When is the last time you sat on a bus or a train? I’m on a London bus just now. I find public transport a great place to brew and gather material for creative projects. Let me show you. The bus is a 106 from Stoke Newington to Finsbury Park, swinging round corners, barely pausing [...]

November 18, 2011 | 1 Comment More