Archive for September, 2007
Marj Casswell Speaks on Her Connection to Story, Farming Life, and the Land
Marj Casswell’s first published novel, “A Place to Come Home to” was a semifinalist for both the William Faulkner/Wisdom Competition, and the Lewis and Clark Expedition Award. Vancouver’s Casswell is generally known as a non-fiction writer and wrote for non-profit organizations before starting her second career as novelist.
Today Riehlife interviews Marj who writes feelingly of [...]
Marj Cassell’s “A Place to Come Home To” Featured on Riehlife in three posts this week
Today read my review of Marj’s book.
Tomorrow read our interview in which Marj shares her thoughts and connections to farming, family, and the land.
Saturday, read an excerpt from the beginning of “A Place to Come Home To.”
Keeping Track of Janet Riehl As She Wanders Far
Cruising around the internet, I discovered this link at the Lake County Arts Council Website maintained by the inestimable Xian Yeagan: Keeping track of Janet Riehl as she wanders far. I thought you might get a kick out of it, as I did. It made me feel quite happy to know that there was still [...]
Riehlife Review: Marj Casswell’s Novel “A Place to Come Home To” Articulates the High Cost of Settling in the Case of Land, Love, and Family
Humans, even nomads, are settlers at heart. We want a place to come home to, a hearth to warm our hands around, and other humans to love us. Marj Casswell in “A Place to Come Home To” tells a story of these ordinary yearnings and the high price they exact from us.
In the opening frame [...]
Erwin A. Thompson’s Poem “Pretty Words” Lays It On the Line When It Comes to Euphemisms
Our talk and habits change,
As we roll the World around.
No dif’rence how things really are,
It’s just how good they sound!
We have “detention centers”
For those who can’t quite raise their bail.
Sounds pretty good, we used to say:
“They spent the night [...]
A Father Supports His Daughter, and a Daughter Honors Her Father and Family—”Memento Mori: Life and Death Moment by Moment” at Alton, Illinois, First Unitarian Church
Over the Labor Day weekend I offered a service at the First Unitarian Church in Alton, Illinois, on the corner of 3rd and Alby. This was my sister Julia Ann Thompson’s church and my cousin Irene Riehl’s church before her. Now it is the church of my niece and her husband and their daughters.
My niece’s [...]
Freida L. Wheaton’s Salon 53 Opens in St. Louis: “Home is where the art is.”
Last night I went to my first St. Louis party. It’s the first party I’ve attended since the going away party I threw for myself in Lake County in Northern California at the end of June. This felt like a welcome home party. This party felt like a welcome to the village.
Freida L. Wheaton is [...]
Art as a River of Life (Inspiration from Loretta Marvel)
“Art is the river that runs through my life. I drink from it as often as I can to refresh myself.”
~Loretta Marvel~
Pop at Play: Through Generations of Games & Fun He Discovers the Fountain of Youth
When I called my father this morning to hear his report from yesterday, he told me about several work and business accomplishments…and ended with a fun story about his playdate with an 8-year-old friend who lives down the hill from him. She loves to play with my father. At 91, he still has that spark, [...]
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