tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294176875047610623.post1894134390623382694..comments2024-03-01T00:18:27.643-08:00Comments on THE ALCHEMIST'S KITCHEN: The Writer's Life - Where We Do What We Do BestSusan Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11883699379179129887noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294176875047610623.post-11518833217023782312010-01-14T18:59:56.798-08:002010-01-14T18:59:56.798-08:00Thanks, Mari!
I love that book and I read it in th...Thanks, Mari!<br />I love that book and I read it in the garage during the first week that the garage became a writing studio.Susan Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883699379179129887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294176875047610623.post-35783959042082784172010-01-13T22:23:18.457-08:002010-01-13T22:23:18.457-08:00... and I like that Olena Kalytiak Davis's boo...... and I like that Olena Kalytiak Davis's book is included in your photo.Marihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05211528951336098923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294176875047610623.post-18009059732749129312010-01-13T22:17:58.848-08:002010-01-13T22:17:58.848-08:00Susan, agreed about a dedicated writing space stre...Susan, agreed about a dedicated writing space strengthening one's sense of oneself as a writer. And the contained solitude allows me to go deeper and more easily into reverie, which is how most poems arise for me. The Bay Area is pricey, but I'm considering my options and hope to have something in place w/in the next few months. Thanks for your support and encouragement! Of course, nothing can quite beat those cottages (and lunch baskets) at Hedgebrook... Alas.Marihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05211528951336098923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294176875047610623.post-80252680160087830262010-01-11T21:16:33.196-08:002010-01-11T21:16:33.196-08:00Mari, Do it! There is something about making the f...Mari, Do it! There is something about making the financial and physical commitment to a space that will strengthen your sense of yourself as a writer. Of course I only know you through your poems and our on-line correspondence, but I feel sure it would benefit you. Can you do a month to month kind of arrangement? I have a friend who rented a studio apartment in Seattle as her writing space as it was cheaper than renting a writing space!<br />There are so many different ways to do it.Susan Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883699379179129887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294176875047610623.post-34526575734252101672010-01-11T21:02:00.087-08:002010-01-11T21:02:00.087-08:00This post has heartened me, Susan (and such a love...This post has heartened me, Susan (and such a lovely space yours is!). My husband and I share a rented 2-bedroom (and therefore share a home office - NOT helpful for writing, I'd might add), so renovations are out of the question... But I've been looking at off-site office/studio space to rent, as I agree that having a dedicated writing space helps one to go deeper with one's writing. I hope to have my own writing space at home one day!Marihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05211528951336098923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294176875047610623.post-19331013279045640022010-01-11T06:48:27.027-08:002010-01-11T06:48:27.027-08:00I'm blessed with a generous husband and a &quo...I'm blessed with a generous husband and a "mother-in-law cottage." My husband actually uses the cottage as his man cave and office. I use our only spare room, which has three giant windows and a view of several old, old trees, although we live in an older part of the city where lots are small and neighbors can see into each others' houses fairly easily. I have to have a window and natural light to write, so this works out well.<br /><br />Love your pictures Susan and hope to take some glamor shots of my own space soon!Sandy Longhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735445958970512617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294176875047610623.post-40265538975476418002010-01-10T23:28:29.810-08:002010-01-10T23:28:29.810-08:00Ginster, Yes, don't wait twenty years. Life is...Ginster, Yes, don't wait twenty years. Life is too short not to do what's important. Let me know what you find!Susan Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883699379179129887noreply@blogger.com