Emma Carlson Berne

[This post first appeared on the Hippies, Beauty and Books blog.]
For STILL WATERS, I had to revisit a lot of scary memories—especially that of my parents’ attic, as I’ve written about before.

But I’ve also been thinking recently about … Read the rest

Nine years ago, my teenage brother died in a rock-climbing accident. It was a tragedy, suffice it to say. I didn’t read anything for eight days after we got the news. That was the longest I had ever gone without … Read the rest