Have a nice stay!
All in Writing
The writing process itself became my own Route 66, a brutal, mile-by-mile excavation of grief and misplaced hope. Every word I wrote for Matilda, every hardship she faced on the road, was a mirror reflecting the abandonment I felt, not just as a child, but throughout my life.
For her seventeenth birthday Matilda Banks receives letters written by her mother, who disappeared when Tildy was an infant, and sets off to follow her along Route 66. Will she be able to solve the mystery surrounding her mother’s disappearance or lose herself along the way? In My Mother Road, some journeys only happen once in two lifetimes. My Mother Road by Phyllis York
Today, I am writing. The world is on fire - literally and figuratively. The United States is being eaten alive by climate change and hate. It’s exhausting. I’m writing anyway.
I know you’re wondering why on earth we’re celebrating Thanksgiving in July. You’re probably drawing correlations to another holiday that is celebrated at a more convenient time instead of on the celebratees actual birthday. That’s right, I’m talking about Abraham Lincoln, but this has nothing to do with him at all.
“A friend showed me the first issue of ReadyMade because they knew I would love it. I got in contact with RM as soon as I read it
This blog post should have been written a decade ago. That’s how long I’ve wanted to attempt concrete countertops.
I loved it!
From the ecocentric upcycled projects to its early embrace of otherhoo
My mother asked me for a ride to a nearby town a year or so after my father received his plea deal. It shouldn’t have surprised me that she wasn’t planning to come back. It’s what she’d been practicing for her whole life.
“Because the greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination. It’s all the wild stuff that happens along the way.” — Emma Chase
Join Matilda Banks as she travels Route 66 to find her mother that disappeared 17 years before.
Will she find her mother, or lose herself?
My Mother Road by Phyllis York
