Terri Windling's Blog, page 259

The on-going conversation...

There's another good "Around the table" chat over on Howard's John Barleycorn blog today. This time Howard and his comics-partner Rex have dragged, er, invited our good friend and neighbor David Wyatt up to our house, Bumblehill, for tea, croissants,...

On Your Desk

The "On Your Desk" photo series is now up and running again, so if you haven't sent your desktop photograph(s) in yet, this is the time. For anyone new to this series, what I'm looking for is a photo or...

Custodians of Place and Memory

"When we change the shape of the Land, we alter the contents and contexts of our collective, familial, and personal memories. Yet, stories can preserve both mythic and familiar elements of geography even when the physical features are forgotten, buried,...

A Tree Story

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Rambling in the woods behind my studio...

Woodland stream A gate among the trees Tilly finds a ball. (Click on any of the photos for larger versions)

Intimate Companions

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Tunes for a Monday Morning

This week's first tune was recommended by author & editor Amal El-Mohtar, and I can't even begin to tell you how much I love it: Croatian cellists Stjepan Hauser and Luka Sulic playing "Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson, which they've...

In Praise of the Humble Wellie

Early this morning as I was tramping through the wet winter woods and fields and hills with my pup -- through mud and muck, through brambles and bogs, on rain-slick pathways punctuated with steaming dung and piles of fresh fox...

A Tilly Interlude

Curled up on the sofa behind me as I work....Every studio needs a dog or cat, I think: it's furry soul, it's softly beating heart.

Dare to be Foolish

I've been thinking about another aspect of "finding ones voice" as a creative artist: developing the courage to let that voice be heard -- despite the personal nature of art, and the things that our art reveals about us. For...