Posts by Barbara Stark-Nemon

Sarah Aroeste and the Livros Lookout Book Club

One of the major joys of becoming an author is to meet and get to know other creatives: authors, fiber artists, musicians, and those special people who convene us all at libraries, on podcasts, panels, at festivals etc. Sarah Aroeste checks nearly all those boxes. She is a singer/songwriter with award winning albums, an author of children’s books, and a wonderful convener of other creatives. I will be the guest author on September 15th at her virtual Livros Lookout Book Clu

Isabela on Audio!

Very excited to announce that Isabela's Way is now available as an audiobook, narrated by the talented actor, Jilly Bond. You can order it from Audible here your independent book store here, Apple books or wherever audiobooks are sold!

A Sisterhood Threaded Through Time

Crocheted angel- Wanda Kudzia For 30 years I have been part of a group of women who are dedicated fiber artists; we quilt, knit, crochet and embroider. We gather for connection, for support, and for sharing in the joy of creativity. We have learned new skills, and have gifted, donated, and sold our work to each other and many others and have relished the addition of fiber artists to our identities. As we age and life intervenes, and our group has gotten smaller, I treasure wh

What's Eating Away at You?

I am a writer, so I often think in metaphors. This time, the occasion was the six hours I spent in a dermatologist’s office having successive slices of tissue removed from my leg in order to excise a nasty little cancer. In between rounds of slicing, the tissue goes to a lab to evaluate whether clear cancer-free margins were obtained. If not, another layer of tissue is removed and the process repeats until there’s no more cancer. I am at the age where cancer scares of all