Category Archives: Brian Doyle

Guest in My Swamp

Posted on July 18, 2021 by Jim Stewart

Reading Brian Doyle and it’s likeHe took a vacation in my head, with a canoe orKayak, paddling around the marsh collecting lilyPads and skunk cabbages, so prevalent in the dark spots,And weaving them into a poem that speaksExactly to me … Continue reading →

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The Time I Did Not Give Brian Doyle a Piggy-Back Ride

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Jim Stewart

I’m staying with the Brian theme one more time.–jrs Writers write, but authors have to do other stuff as well. Some of that stuff involves traveling around, reading some of what you’ve written, and discussing the sometimes mysterious differences between … Continue reading →

Posted in Brian Doyle, Conversation, humor, laughing, memory, Uncategorized, Writing | Tagged author, brain, work, workshop, writers, writing | 9 Comments

A prayer for my friend Brian Doyle and my grandpuppy Toulouse

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Jim Stewart

This uses the form Brian invented for his Book of Uncommon Prayer and is used here out of deep profound respect–jrs Who never met but I would offer a few years off my life to watch them measure each other. … Continue reading →

Posted in Brian Doyle, Catholicism, Dogs, Otters, prayer, Writing | Tagged Brian Doyle, dogs, heaven, Otters, writers | 5 Comments

Muselessness

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Jim Stewart

I’m supposed to be finishing a novel but I’m not. It’s a murky late summer day with an uncertain sky and a directionally challenged breeze smelling of salt and fir, marsh and cedar. My characters are all hovering around the … Continue reading →