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Daily Archives: December 7, 2010
Snow girls and boys
I failed to post on the first official snowfall of Winter. That’s okay because I was out enjoying that actual snowfall, instead of sitting here writing about it. Action is sometimes more important than reflection. Why write about it when … Continue reading
Posted in life forms, motherhood, snow, winter
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Lorrie Moore’s A Gate at the Stairs
I’m rereading Lorrie Moore’s A Gate at the Stairs in the hope that others who have read it will want to start a conversation about it. In terms of honesty, this novel does more to open a conversation about adoption … Continue reading
Posted in 9/11, adoption, expectations, growth, identity, language, motherhood
Tagged adoption, book review, Lorrie Moore
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Necessity is the Mother of Invention 