“... the part in her black hair glowing like a wire in the rhomboid of sunlight.” HairSunlightSimile Book:The Shipping News Source: The Shipping News
“I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story.” PlayStoriesHairBalanceIntensitySatisfyingShort StoryBrevity Author:Annie Proulx
“Walking on the land or digging in the fine soil I am intensely aware that time quivers slightly, changes occurring in imperceptible and minute ways, accumulating so subtly that they seem not to exist. Yet the tiny shifts in everything--cell replication, the rain of dust motes, lengthening hair, wind-pushed rocks--press inexorably on and on.” WaySeemsLandMinutesRocksWindHairFineWalkingRainPressesTinyDustCellsSoilDiggingQuiverReplication Book:Bird Cloud: A Memoir of Place Source: Bird Cloud: A Memoir of Place