Voice Mail Archives

Past editions of Voice Mail, Beth Dunn's newsletter on writing and voice.

Posts by BethDunn:

This living hand

This living hand

One of the benefits of living in a house that has been lived in by several generations of your family is that there are ghosts lurking around just about every corner.

Wild rose

Wild rose

I am the opposite of a packrat. I am a thrower out of things. This tendency has only been amplified now that I live in a tiny house by the sea.

The birds of winter

The birds of winter

I sleep with my window open all year long, and for whatever reason this winter has been milder than most. So the bird population in my yard and along the river opposite my house has barely diminished all year.

Clear and bright

Clear and bright

There's been an awful lot of chatter this winter about how unseasonable the weather's been so far, and how things weren't like this when we were kids, and how it's a damn shame about New England not getting a proper white Christmas this year as is fit and proper.

Kicking Back In The American Wing

Kicking Back In The American Wing

I was up in Boston for a little shindig at my old school the other day, and I neglected to notice until it was too late that this particular little shindig would be finishing up right in the middle of rush hour. On a Friday afternoon.