Author Archives: Theodora Goss

How do you put together a creative life? First, a status report. My next deadline is at the end of the month, when I have a Folkroots column due. I thought this might be the one in which I wrote … Continue reading →

This is school vacation week, and Ophelia has been in Virginia, visiting her grandparents. Kendrick took her down and brought back a jar of pickled peaches that his mother had bought for me. I finished them today. You can’t find … Continue reading →

I’m so tired! And I know, I’ve been missing blogging days, haven’t I? I’m sorry about that. I thought you might like to know why, and what it is that makes me so tired at the end of each day. … Continue reading →

Some time ago, my friend Nathan Ballingrud posted a wonderful blog post called “The Terrors of Girlhood.” It’s about being the single father of a ten-year-old girl who is just starting to experiment with things like cosmetics. It started me … Continue reading →

One of my stories is being reprinted. It’s the first story of mine that was ever published, and it’s been reprinted a number of times. I’m pleased that it’s coming out again, and it’s in a particularly wonderful book: Happily … Continue reading →

Today, I went to the dentist. I’ve always been proud of my teeth, silly as that sounds. They’ve always been straight, and I still have all of my wisdom teeth (which I suppose means I have a large mouth). I … Continue reading →

I was thinking today about choices and their consequences. I had to make a choice recently – but I’ll talk about that in a moment. In Drawing Out the Dragons: Meditations on Art, Destiny, and the Power of Choice, James … Continue reading →