MUSINGS ON LIFE AND WRITING WITH SARAH BUCKLEITNER
For some reason--despite years and years of doing it and a year as the co-President of the Sustainable Foods club (and thus co-director of the campus community garden)--gardening has never felt in my comfort zone. The concept is simple: you stick plants in the ground. You give them sunlight and water. And if the conditions … Continue reading On Travails in the Garden
Warning: this post contains spoilers to Little Birds and Other Small Magic. Read at your own discrection. One of the most common questions I get about Little Birds and Other Small Magic is how much of the story and characters are based on events and people in real life. The answer: a lot. I stole … Continue reading On Stealing from the Real World in Writing Fiction
To start, a disclaimer: I am not currently pregnant. I'm writing this post for a dear friend, who asked me to show her the lovely parts of pregnancy and childbirth, instead of just the hard parts, as they prepare to grow their family. I also want to be clear that pregnancy is 9 months of … Continue reading On the Poignance of Pregnancy
Jordan and I are ten years into our relationship, and in those ten years, we've lived in four different states and six different towns. Each place we've lived has had a unique culture, one that slowly revealed itself to us over the passing days and interactions. There was Burnsville, Minnesota, with its teeming highways and … Continue reading On Family Culture
Feathery Thoughts 