https://kathlenepostma.com/1606-2/2018-02-20T02:26:08+00:00weekly0.6https://kathlenepostma.com/2015/01/27/the-start-of-something-more/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_7057.jpgIMG_7057From my very first day of painting outside. The brushed alone felt like a gift of jewels.https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/thegardenercover.jpgthegardenercoverhttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_7049.jpgIMG_7049Getting the canvas--old furniture and the garden itself--ready for what would come next.2015-02-06T17:38:30+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2015/01/09/all-of-it-at-once/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_2450.jpgKitchen art2015-01-10T06:46:33+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2014/06/20/book-crush-woman-on-the-edge-of-time/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/200px-woman_on_the_edge_of_time_book_cover.jpg200px-Woman_on_the_Edge_of_Time_(book_cover)2014-06-20T17:39:12+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2014/03/08/knitting-stories-a-conspiracy-of-beauty/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_5501.jpgIMG_5501A new wrap I knit. Wide wingspan with silk. The white lines are made with yarn that belonged to my grandmother.2014-03-22T02:29:13+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2014/02/13/writing-in-the-snow/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_4665.jpgIMG_4665Setting out after a good morning revising and seeing my book come together.https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_4646.jpgIMG_4646My favorite writing place at Ragdale. In my room overlooking the prairie.https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_4422.jpgIMG_4422https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_44152.jpgIMG_44152014-02-23T21:52:58+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2013/12/16/taking-your-adopted-child-back-to-china-go-with-a-group/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_3273.jpgIMG_3273My oldest daughter with the aunties who cared for her as a baby (on both sides of her), the orphanage director who also cared for her, and me, during our visit . https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_3499.jpgIMG_3499Walking together in a village not far from the orphanage.https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_32801.jpgIMG_3280Goofing around together at the orphanage where they lived as babies.2014-02-23T21:51:59+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2013/09/13/book-crush-i-dream-of-you-by-nuala-ofaolain/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cover-my-dreamof-you2.jpgcover my dreamof youhttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cover-my-dreamof-you.jpgcover my dreamof you2013-09-14T17:42:05+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2013/03/01/dont-be-a-menace/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wheredyougobernadette2.jpgwheredyougoBernadettehttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wheredyougobernadette1.jpgwheredyougoBernadettehttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wheredyougobernadette.jpgwheredyougoBernadette2013-09-13T23:59:06+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2013/04/30/what-the-water-does/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/waves.jpgwaveshttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lake-superior-2.jpglake superior 22013-09-13T21:41:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2012/10/07/in-deep-with-margaret-atwood/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oryxandcrake.jpgOryxAndCrakeOryx and Crake. The first novel in this brilliantly frustrating trilogy.2013-03-09T02:59:23+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2012/07/19/take-your-place-at-the-table/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tableorignal.jpgtableorignalThe original table at the Bronte house.https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/sketch1.jpgSKETCH~1Emily's sketch of herself and Anne working at the table. From her journal, dated 1837.https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/brontesatthetable.jpgbrontesatthetableCharlotte, Emily and Anne as they might have looked at work.https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/diningtable.jpgdiningtableIn the dining room at the Bronte house. 2012-08-11T22:38:13+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2012/06/02/casting-a-wide-net-in-china-a-birth-family-search/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/jennacook21-500x340.jpgJennaCook21-500x340Jenna Cook and her mom, Margaret Cook2012-06-07T17:15:08+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2012/03/15/finding-somewhere-between/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/somewherebetween-poster-600x.jpgSomewhereBetween-poster-600xThe documentary Somewhere Between lets the girls adopted from China tell their stories.2012-04-22T23:15:22+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2011/12/11/nine-great-novels-and-9-more/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/portraitofladylarge.jpgportraitofladylargehttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/athousandacres.jpgAThousandAcreshttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/middlepassage.jpgmiddlepassagehttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/woman_on_the_edge_of_time.jpgWoman_on_the_Edge_of_Timehttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/riversutracover.jpgriversutracover2011-12-27T22:24:05+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2011/11/25/read-to-heal-novels-do-the-good-work/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/knittingcirclerighsize.jpgknittingcirclerighsizehttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bitter-in-the-mouth-monique-truong300.jpgbitter-in-the-mouth-monique-truong300https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/left-neglected316.jpgleft neglectedhttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/knittingcircle300.jpgknittingcircle300https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bitter-in-the-mouth.jpgBitter in the Mouthhttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/left-neglected-cover.jpgLeft Neglected Coverhttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/knittingcircle.jpgknittingcircle2011-12-11T20:55:01+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2011/09/14/birthing-an-elephant-or-finishing-draft-of-my-first-novel/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/novelbaby.jpgnovelbabyMy new baby. https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/coneofshame2.pngconeofshame2Cone of Shamehttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/bookchartsmall.jpgbookchartsmallPlot points in Post-Itshttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/bigbookchart.jpgbigbookchartPlot points and structure. Post-Its.2012-03-02T02:49:45+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2011/06/19/talking-to-my-dad/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/photo-of-dad.jpgphoto of dadMy dad. Taken last summer.2011-06-27T03:35:45+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2011/06/01/in-the-garden-in-search-of-my-grandmothers/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_4686.jpgIMG_4686My youngest planting nasturtiums with me.https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_4678.jpgIMG_4678Some of my grandmother's best work.https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/img_4655.jpgIMG_4655My grandmother's bedspread, on my bed now.https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/img_4639.jpgIMG_4639https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sv_faces_alice-walker.jpgAlice-WalkerAlice Walker wrote "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens"https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/grandmaminset300.jpgGrandmaMMy grandma, Mina, at age 16 on the family farm.2011-06-22T06:30:20+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2011/05/08/we-are-all-small-artists/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/img_4346.jpgMy 4-year-old makes Mother's Day BrunchThe Mother's Day Brunch my 4-year-old made for me.2011-05-11T04:54:29+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2011/03/31/why-i-reach-for-virginia-woolf/2011-04-08T06:39:45+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2011/02/22/female-and-want-to-publish-get-a-grip/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/vidanewyorker.jpgvidanewyorkerI buy a New Yorker subscription every year. I devote precious time I don't have to reading it. And, yes, I note the lack of women.https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/rosieriveter.jpgRosieriveterWe can do it. But not alone.https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/vidaharpers.jpgvidaharpersHarper's numbers are worse.https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/vidaatlantic.jpgThe Atlantic in 2010Almost three quarters male2012-01-04T21:37:07+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2011/01/08/a-room-of-one%e2%80%99s-own-one-way-or-another/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hedgebrookcottage.jpghedgebrookcottageThe dream of all writing rooms. The cottage assigned to me for the Hedgebrook Residency. https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/kathlenewritingroom.jpgkathlenewritingroomMy writing room!https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/virginiawoolfsdesk.jpgvirginiawoolfsdeskVirginia Woolf's writing room. Drafty but hers. (Photo by Eammon McCabe) See more writers rooms at http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/series/writersrooms2011-01-08T03:26:00+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2010/11/22/theres-this-child-i-can%e2%80%99t-stop-thinking-about/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/window1.jpgwindowThe windowhttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/motherjonesspeaking.jpgmotherjonesspeakingMother Jones giving one of her firey speeches.https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/beingheld.jpgbeingheldBeing held by her special caregiver. A small donation will help pay for this little girl to continue to receive this kind of love.https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/window.jpgwindowThe window face the mountains over the Yangtzehttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/inchair.jpginchair2010-11-22T18:27:04+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2010/10/11/what-ive-learned-mentoring-afghan-women-writers/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/woman-pink-orange-shawl1.jpgafghanwomenwritersphotoWomen writers in Afghan speak through Afghan Women Writers project. http://awwproject.org2010-10-15T01:36:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2010/09/04/bed-books-or-what-i-like-to-do-under-the-covers/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/img_3190.jpgIMG_31902010-10-04T16:37:00+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.com/2010/07/25/summerof19books/https://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/bookstack1.jpgbookstackhttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/bookstack.jpgbookstackhttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/independence.jpgindependencehttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/leavingindia.jpgleavingindiahttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/makingaliving.gifmakingalivinghttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/makinglivingdifference.jpgmakinglivingdifferencehttps://kathlenepostma.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dunlopbook.jpgdunlopbook2010-10-12T18:33:11+00:00monthlyhttps://kathlenepostma.comdaily1.02018-02-20T02:26:08+00:00