Author: elizabethlevett

Elizabeth teaches writing to kids in San Francisco. She has recorded and performed for Dreamchair Music, with her husband, David Fortier. She also writes songs for OurTown with some far-flung old pals, Marcos Fernandes, who lives in Yokohama, and William Gibson, in Toulouse. Elizabeth's piece, "Hey Nineteen," is featured in "Digging Deep," the Journal of Laguna Writers Workshops, available through Lulu Publishing.

Motion Sickness

Motion Sickness My sister Ann always gets sick in the car. You know the thing. Can’t sit in the back. … More

Season of Loss

So much is lost over the course of a lifetime; socks, keys, that receipt from the garden center. (I could … More

Repairing a Quilt

I’ve always wanted to own quilts – old quilts that someone made by hand a long, long time ago. When … More

Saturday Afternoon

Saturday afternoon is a party girl walking downtown.Hair up high and her dress too tight.It’s hot but she doesn’t care. … More

Two

Two bowls on the table. One is ivory with two blue stripes. It’s ceramic and it looked like France to … More

That Feathered Thing

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never … More

This is Letting Go

Lately a lot of people have been asking me, “How are you feeling about retiring this year?” I find that … More

No Ordinary Love

Teachers have pride. No kidding. No matter that we may be a bit punch drunk at the moment what with … More