Karen Sandstrom blogs at Pen in Hand. I love her drawings, her little stories, her commentary, and her wry sense of humor. She’s a writer, journalist and illustrator who lives in Cleveland, my hometown.
Karen created something called “I Must Remember This,” about the daily habit of creativity, which is posted in my home office and gets me back on the writing track when I need it.
Visit her website and take a look at the woman standing in the rowboat clutching a book – I love that picture.
Here are a few of my favorite Pen in Hand posts:
I like “Cut Flowers” because I grew up in a flower shop and because I also love Molly Peacock’s book, The Paper Garden. Now I don’t have to write about the book on Books Can Save a Life, I’ll just link to Karen’s fascinating and informed post.
This one’s about a Cleveland suburb on Lake Erie that I visit from time to time.
I like “An Artist’s Stool” because I will always remember listening to jazz in the Flats on the Cuyahoga River when I was in high school. Yes, that’s the river that caught fire.
Gimme Some of Dat Bitter, Bitter Love
This one, because I belong to that tribe, too.
Books Can Save A Life 