by Jamie Chavez | Nov 26, 2015 | Miscellany
I’ve been blogging for more than five years now. Today seemed like a good day to repeat an article I ran on my first Thanksgiving … Most of us labor in obscurity of one type or another. Let’s face it, that star-maker machinery has moved on its rattle-trap tracks right...
by Jamie Chavez | Oct 22, 2015 | Authors & Other Writers
It was a fine celebration. He had told us that ‘dizzy dreams can spring from the dry bones of the dead,’ but we were not in the mood to speculate thus with him last Friday. There was too much going on; the day was crowded, and sometimes even clangorous with public and...
by Jamie Chavez | Mar 12, 2015 | Books You Might Like
What is it about the Irish? That they are a nation of storytellers seems to be borne out the minute you get in a cab in Dublin (though it probably helps that you have an American accent), but the fact is, whether it’s a pub culture that encourages the art of the story...
by Jamie Chavez | Aug 7, 2014 | Words & Language
All summer I’ve been working on blog posts, while you’ve been reading updates to my archives on Thursdays. This week we’re going to talk about words and language. Probably my favorite subject. After my son and the Irishman. And my cats. Oh, and books … ✱ Them versus...
by Jamie Chavez | May 26, 2014 | Miscellany
Many of us learned the basics of creative narrative writing composing grammar school essays like “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” for Miss Smith in second grade. I know I did. And I’m still talking about my summer (and spring and fall) vacations over on my other blog,...
