This One Wouldn't Let Me Go

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Did you ever have an idea that grabs hold and won't let go until you pay attention? That's what happened to me a few weeks ago, when I was driving to pick up the kids from school.

I was thinking about the delicate process of raspberry picking, and how it parallels the  ripening process of adolescence. This idea came, as ideas will, at a very inconvenient time. But like a needy child at bedtime, it refused to loose it's grip on me until I spent some time with it.

So with urgency, in my car in the school parking lot, with parents and children hustling past me, I pounded out a short essay on my laptop. That night, I sent the piece out into the world before I could lose my nerve.

I'm happy to report that the parenting magazine, Mamalode, is publishing my essay on its website today.

Head over to Mamalode to read about how we're coping with this season of ripening, but not yet ripe.

The E-Book Arrives!

I am thrilled to be a part of a new anthology being published today by the cross-platform media network, BlogHer.

ROOTS: Where Food Comes From and Where It Takes Us is an exploration of food’s rich interconnection with culture, memory and discovery, and includes writings from 36 different personalities and cookbook authors from the culinary blogosphere. The book features personal essays about family history, local lore and worlds newly discovered through food.

Amazingly, my poem, entitled “Postcards From Walter’s Hot Dog Stand,” will be featured alongside works from some of my favorite bloggers, like David Leite and Michael Procopio. I look forward to reading their pieces, and to discovering new writers in this anthology who share a passion for telling stories through food. I hope you’ll check it out too.

Here’s where you can buy it:

• Amazon
• Apple
• OpenRoad
• Barnes and Noble
• Goodreads

Here's some press about the book:  

http://www.prweb.com/releases/BlogHer/Roots-eBook/prweb10793123.htm