Voice Mail Archives

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

Crocuses Unbound

Crocuses Unbound

Today is the first day of spring, and a tremendously beautiful day it was on Cape Cod, too. Bright blue sky, plenty of sunshine, and temperatures in the 60s. I am not usually one to go crazy for the sunshine, being a bit more of a night owl and fog-lover than all that, but even I could see that today was something special.

Shawl Moll

Shawl Moll

Now that we're moving on to All Things Bronte around here, I thought it only fitting and proper that I should close out the one remaining knitting project I have from the winter, post it here, and be free to move on to whatever obsessive cravat-making might necessarily follow from 32 consecutive viewings of Jane Eyre.

The Woman in White

The Woman in White

To those who joined us last night in our impromptu BronteAlong viewing of the 2006 Jane Eyre with Toby Stephens and Ruth Wilson, I want to say welcome and thank you -- it is so gratifying to find new, similarly inclined fiends with whom one might share one's obsessions.

At Mitts' End

At Mitts' End

Now that Spring is officially on its way (the forecast is for 53 degrees today! I am all a-twitter and agog!!) I feel that I must finally post some of the fruits of my winter knitting frenzy.

Edward, the Sea Captain

Edward, the Sea Captain

Sometime last summer, I told my best friend Melissa my most favorite ghost story ever. And she repaid me recently with an amazing gift.