Category Archives: AmWriting

Now Some Thoughts on Writing

Posted on September 10, 2021 by Alyson Indrunas

This past weekend I printed out all of the chapters I think will make up the book that I have been working on in some shape or form for over twenty years. I have not researched old journals to pinpoint … Continue reading →

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Chapter 3: A Memoir

Posted on June 14, 2020 by Alyson Indrunas

The trouble with goals is that you’re constantly working toward what you used to want. ~Sarah Manguso from 300 Arguments I keep this notebook of the memoir I’m working on, and it has sat collecting dust for the past two … Continue reading →

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Ça Depend

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Alyson Indrunas

We all carry trace fossil’s within us–the marks that the dead and the missed leave behind. Handwriting on the envelope, the wear on a wooden step left by footfall; the memory of a familiar gesture by someone gone, repeated so … Continue reading →

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At Capacity With Words

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Alyson Indrunas

This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no room for fear, we speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal. ~Toni Morrison For some … Continue reading →

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Birthday Wishes

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Alyson Indrunas

Today is my husband’s 50th birthday, and like many of you, we are mourning our big plans. He’s not a let’s-have-a-big-party-kind-of-guy, but we do like small gatherings of people. We like restaurants and coffee shops. We love libraries and bookstores. … Continue reading →

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Finishing The Thing

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Alyson Indrunas

Bovary is not exactly racing along: two pages in a week! Sometimes I am so discouraged I could jump out a window. ~Gustav Flaubert Last weekend, the mister and I went on a hot date to the public library. We … Continue reading →

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Like A Pentimento

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Alyson Indrunas

It’s like finding that the sky and the sun are always there and that it’s the storms and the clouds that come and go. ~Pema Chödrön Lately I’ve been reading my old work journals. I keep my writing about work … Continue reading →

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Unreliable Narrator

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Alyson Indrunas

“When you’re from somewhere else, you think there’s a promise to California. I don’t know if it’s some cellular thing–like your ancestors in the wagon train only made it as far as Ohio and you’re completing the journey–or it’s the … Continue reading →

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The Kind of People Who Leave Dirt on the Floor

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Alyson Indrunas

A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming. ~Barbarella When I was a little girl, maybe no more than ten, I remember telling my dad I wanted to be a hairdresser when I grew up. He cut me off before … Continue reading →

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Storm Chaser

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Alyson Indrunas

This past weekend I stayed in a very rustic cabin on Camano Island during a power outage caused by a wind storm. The power went out when I got there at 6pm on Friday, and it didn’t come on again … Continue reading →

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