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An Enlarged Heart? Maybe. Maybe Not.

An Enlarged Heart? Maybe. Maybe Not.

March 19, 2013 · by Bethany · in beauty, clothes, cultcha, insecurity, non-fiction, obsessions, poetry, reading, writing, zen practice

Yesterday I picked up a new book from Molly, my favorite local librarian. Every time I stumble across something that appeals, I go my account on the Phoenicia Library page and order it up. Then Molly calls me when it’s…

Joko Revisited

Joko Revisited

September 19, 2012 · by Bethany · in fear, insecurity, non-fiction, obsessions, religion, uncategorized, writing, zen practice

  I had the good fortune of spending last weekend at the monastery. It was the 2nd annual senior’s retreat, which means that the 20 or so people who  have gone through the process of becoming empowered as senior students…

Alrighty, then

Alrighty, then

June 19, 2012 · by Bethany · in insecurity, non-fiction, writing

    As I describe in my first post, I was hypnotized a couple months ago to quit smoking. I was (am?) a very  light smoker, but attached to it nonetheless. Well, what started as one drag, turned into one…

Me and my dad's Jag on 50's Day

An Essay I Wrote about the Past

June 19, 2012 · by Bethany · in beauty, family, non-fiction, obsessions, uncategorized

  This essay I wrote about the past was recently posted on a groovy newish online magazine started and edited by some local writers, called The Weeklings. They did a special feature on Mad Men, and included mine. Here it…

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ABOUT ME
My name is Bethany Saltman. I am 50 years old.

From as far back as I can remember, I have been searching for my place in the world. When my husband worked in a nursing home, there was an old lady there who used to repeat, "Is this my chair? Is this my chair?" I can relate to that lady.

My website is bethanysaltman.com, and my email is bethanysaltman@gmail.com.

ABOUT THIS SITUATION
I started this blog because I was so deeply fatigued by waiting for word on Non-Fiction Book Proposal #3 that, for the first time in my life, I needed something to do.

And because I was so over the hope that if I did this, or that, or the other thing just right, and schmoozed the perfect contact, crafted the most riveting pitch, delivered the juiciest proposal, then, then.....

I finally decided to just write what I want to write.

So that's the situation.

Eatables

  • 101 Cookbooks
  • Peekamoose

Go-tos

  • Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple
  • Zen Mountain Monastery

Readables

  • A Public Space
  • Arts and Letters Daily
  • Brain Pickings
  • Corinne Purtill
  • http://www.spoonwiz.com/
  • Maud Newton
  • McSweeney's
  • My column. Flowers Fall: Field Notes from a Buddhist Mom's Experimental Life
  • n + 1
  • Rachel Zucker

Relate-ables

  • Annie Dwyer Internicola
  • Corinne Purtill
  • Heather King
  • Leanne Shapton
  • Lisa Catherine Harper
  • Rachel Zucker

Things That Intrigue Me

  • Who Were They?

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