Luanne Rice's Blog, page 31
August 21, 2010
New video coming Monday!
Family vacation, sisters on the beach, Misty of Chincoteague, obsession with jodhpurs, my secret childhood wish: all will be revealed. P.S. I still want a pony. (Photo: Misty with her foal Stormy.)
August 20, 2010
City at night
At the end of West 23rd Street, sunset over Hoboken; the sky turns topaz, the Hudson River deep violet. Horns blast, and boats leave Chelsea Piers, their lights twinkling. It's Thursday night, and people are out. The Half King's sidewalk cafe is packed. Tenth Avenue is a combination of restaurants and shadows. Taxi garages [...:]
August 18, 2010
Maura Fogarty
Maura was such a dear friend. She was an amazing singer-songwriter, and I was always touched and honored when she would come to my apartment and play music with me. We shared being Irish Catholic, living in New York, having sisters, seeing the dark behind the light. I wrote a song, You're the Sea, and [...:]
August 17, 2010
Random wonderful thing
A great beach friend from childhood and, in some ways, even before–our parents had been friends when they were young, and our grandparents before that–posted on my facebook page today. We were reminiscing about Helen Hubbard–a neighbor who lived on the Point, and for whom my fictional beach town "Hubbard's Point" is named. Betty reminded [...:]
August 16, 2010
Secret path
Hidden paths don't reveal themselves often. They're best when you stumble upon one far from home, away from the familiar. Taking a walk you might catch sight of of a shadowy opening, calling you to duck through a canopy of interlocked branches, or through an up-island gorse-covered dune Do you accept the invitation, follow the [...:]
August 15, 2010
Child's Vow
I am thinking of someone lost to me. The stories we told each other, the ghosts we summoned. We thought it would last forever. I don't even know what "it" is: our home, our closeness, our lives together. As she would say, "Nobody knows how I feel." To love a place so much [...:]
August 14, 2010
Sandcastles
Breaking news: Sandcastles is out in a beautiful new trade edition! In bestselling author Luanne Rice's unforgettable novel, the lives of one broken-hearted woman and her family are changed forever when one of her daughters brings back the man who left so many years ago to the family he's always loved. Painter Honor Sullivan has [...:]
White sail, blue water
Sailboats lean into the wind, white sails stark against blue sky and sea. They tack and head toward shore, then again and heel over and sail out of sight. Blues are running and prick the surface with silver. The sailboats leave fine white wakes. They are on their way to Newport, Cuttyhunk, Edgartown, Christmas Cove. [...:]
P.S. I Love Ya
A while back now, I unplugged. Not from everything–I kept my computer, mobile phone, coffeemaker–you know, the necessities. But I got rid of my TV. I found that I was tired of noise–professionally happy voices trying to sell me things, dismal voices telling me the world is spinning out of control. One too many real [...:]
