barrington99@gmail.com As this is a record of sorts, of my creative progress, it bears mentioning that I have been flailing lately in my creative life, and well, just my life. I haven’t posted much about it, not because it’s an emotional topic (though it is) so much as it is one that is difficult to capture … Read more
Reading: Just finished Jay Antani’s The Leaving of Things, about a young Indian man who has spent most of his life in Wisconsin but is forced to return to India with his family when his father takes a job there. It’s set in the 80s, and really manages to evoke time and place, mostly in … Read more
This last weekend I went to the Grand Canyon with some friends. It was my first time camping in about a decade. I realized/remembered that that I am a better person in nature. During our trip, I did a number of things that I try to do at home more successfully that I do them … Read more
This last weekend I went to the Grand Canyon with some friends. It was my first time camping in about a decade. I realized/remembered that that I am a better person in nature. During our trip, I did a number of things that I try to do at home more successfully that I do them … Read more
If I moved this blog back to blogger? Had website developing session with a friend the other day. She recommended putting the “blog” for this website up front on the first page, to keep folks abreast of current projects etc. She suggested that my more personal blog posts might be moved to a Tumblir account, … Read more
I took a poetry class this semester and enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. I wrote this early in the semester, when we were studying ballads. I gave it to my super-talented little brother, who on-the-spot composed a little background music and laid down the vocals.
I’m a big fan of memoir. Not celebrity tell-alls, biographies of famous people or recountings of great adventures or tragedies–though these have their place. My heart belongs to those who take their experiences–often common and ordinary–and weave them into something extraordinary, who take moments from their lives–and make them into art. Here are three examples … Read more
Though I wish it was. According to eHow, if you think your trackpad isn’t working because you got your laptop wet, you are supposed to dry it out by burying it in rice for a 24-48 hours. Or desiccant, if you have some. Which apparently we do—Paul tells me that he saves those little packets … Read more
Ahhh–haven’t seen one of these for a while, have you? Just a little one–but a happy one. As some of you know, Amazon has been interviewing writers for the next rewrite of Children of Others for a few months now. Last week, I heard that they’ve found someone. That’s exciting for me, because it’s the … Read more
A couple nights ago I got to see a screening of Jeff Nichols’ film Mud. Sam Shepard had a small part in it. Love. Just read this article in Elle about Julie Delpy, where she recounts showing her first writing attempt to Sam Shepard, who said “Stay pretty. Don’t write.”