writing life – Page 11 – Grey Sea & Sky

The Morning After

I. I am standing on a precipice, breathless with exhaustion and gratitude and surprise. After years of wrong turns and bad equipment and Road Closed signs and avalanches and misreading the map, I have not expected to ever find my way to the top. I am not so much afraid of heights as I amContinue reading “The Morning After”

My Make-Shift, Made-Up Amtrak Residency

This month, I took the Cardinal Limited from Philadelphia to Chicago. The twenty-six-hour trip was meant to be a personal writing retreat, a chance to catch up on some writing and editing projects in a sustained period, without the distractions of the Internet or real life. Trains, like airports, are also great for people watching,Continue reading “My Make-Shift, Made-Up Amtrak Residency”