Letting Myself Ramble
Have you ever wept openly for a stranger before? In the privacy of my car as I drove back home today, I did just this, shortly after I received an email from a ...
Category: writing
Enjoy the Silence
Enjoy the Silence It’s the name of one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands, Depeche Mode (a band that plays a prominent part in the plotting of m...
Inspiring Writing Quote from John McPhee on Mark Twain
“Repeatedly, he tells his reader how a project such as this one should be done—randomly, without structure, in total disregard of consistent theme or chronology...
How Remembering to Allow and Detach is Simply Learning to Trust
Allow and Detach Allow and Detach Allow and Detach Allow and Detach Allow and Detach This is the phrase that kept popping up in my head during and after meditat...
Tried Improv for the First Time for My Writing
Just got home from my first improv class. It was a free improv class at ColdTowne Conservatory in Austin I found while googling “free improv classes near ...
Write a ‘What’s Going Right’ List
Oftentimes in life, it’s easy to succumb to old ways of being, of thinking. Mine tends to automatically go into what’s going wrong. A friend of mine...
Puzzling Out Life, One Piece at a Time
When tackling a 500 word puzzle, it’s easy to be frightened of beginning a new color scheme in the corner. Much more easier to stick to the familiar, what...
Writing is My Xanax
Now that I’ve been aiming to write daily in my blog for at least 365 days since Nov 29, 2019, my writer friend and I decided to meet daily to work on our ...
Don’t Forget to Press Save Draft
Just one of the many lessons I keep having to re-learn: Don’t forget to save your draft! I just spent almost an hour writing a post here in WordPress, and...
Which Path to Take?
One of my favorite things to do in the world is to meander on paths. Where will they take me? Where will they go? Which path to take? Photos of paths serve as p...