In my novel What’s Left, Cassia’s father is from Davenport, Iowa. Maybe via Tibet, in a way. And later, Cassia makes her own move.
What’s your biggest relocation been from your own hometown?
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Moving on in your life, hopefully to something better
Tag: Relationships
Sometimes work serves as a rudder
The skills Aristotle gains in the shipyard in the old country allow him to navigate through a lifetime in my novel What’s Left.
What did your grandfathers do for a living?
From the depth of the eclipse the birds sang the sun back
as I face the denarius of worldly possessions with all the ways I could spend that sum rather than something pragmatic as winter, rather than its start, so these are important distinctions . who knows, I had the money when I needed it, and that was fine
As one more element in the story
Gypsies inspire more than the hippie spirit as my novel What’s Left unfolds. In fact, boho, from bohemian, derives as a synonym for the Romani, or Roma, people. And, yes, they’ve been populous in Greece.
Have you ever by fascinated by Gypsies? What’s most intrigued you?
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Remember, she’s passionate in everything
In my novel What’s Left, Cassia’s aunt Pia reintroduces the family to its ancient roots and traditions. When she first shows up on the scene, nobody has any reason to suspect to suspect she’ll do that. She’d been the wild hippie chick.
In your circles, who’s most passionate about the Old Ways?
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Learning from our mistakes
after you shoot the breeze on this end “uneventful normalcy” translates swamped by workplace, Meeting, girlfriend, call for jury duty to be gratefully dismissed in a round of flu while attempting to reverse a progressive financial tailspin in the ever-frustrated desire to hike more or read even cook like a genius or sit outside in sunlight still, I’ve had lobster for breakfast the hour most people have lunch, such a life, indeed
About the practice of intense meditation
Answers to some of the questions about Cassia’s father’s reasons for intensely pursuing Tibetan Buddhism, first encountered in my Freakin’ Free Spirits novels, can be found in Yoga Bootcamp, my story about eight young American yogis living on a former farm in the mountains. While each student is at a different stage of discovery, their widely divergent motivations still lead to common struggles and victories. Nothing is easy, but the lessons are priceless.
Do you practice meditation? How about yoga exercises, chanting, or Zen? Any other spiritual exercises you care to discuss?
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Maybe Barney’s just been simmering
He’s been the loyal, stay-at-home son and brother for all those years, cooking in the family restaurant. I could see Cassia’s uncle Barney in my novel What’s Left plagued by a dark intensity I imagine building up over the years.
Tell us about somebody you’ve seen erupt and run off in strange directions. How did things end?
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God doesn’t live on the top floor
the verdict, about time, no more dry and warm she who had been urging me to attend to be together again instead gave me the brush off with no explanation (and still none) but another led into the time and place of a heavy collision, no, things weren’t collecting dust on a shelf or even a one-night stand, these rejections add up without candlelight, fancy linen, or the wine and here it’s gone forecasting brutal winter and not much in the way of mountaineering
The realities of women in management
When Cassia ventures out into the executive ranks of high-stakes corporate intrigue, as she does in What’s Left, she sometimes resembles Jaya in my tale Nearly Canaan.
What does it mean to be a woman in the world of management? Are there any advantages?
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