Stopped by the Rouse farm today, but nobody was home, so I walked in one of the cornfields and came across this hay wagon, casting a deep shadow in the snow, and it seemed dramatic to me, it whispered to me that life is dramatic and emotional and filled with ups and downs, and I have to be able to be still because the world never is. Was interviewed by the Boston Globe today in preparation for the library tour, which goes many places, including to Scituate, Osterville (Cape Cod) and Martha’s Vineyard (Edgartown) at the end of January. Random House is helping out with publicity and backing me up, which I appreciate. Thinking about creativity and change. Changing the narrative. The world has dwindling resources to support artists and writers.

And new tools for them to support themselves. In difficult times, creative people get creative.