ideas are everywhere
Everybody walks past 1,000 ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. ~ Carson Scott Card Writers and journalers often find themselves staring at a blank page wondering...
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Was getting ready for Monday and realized I left my coffee mug in the car. Unlocked the door, lowered myself in, grabbed the cup, and noticed this staring at me. Have I said I live in the boonies?...
View Articleanother go ’round the sun
The last day of the year. And how are you spending it? Are you a resolution person? Do you reflect, set intentions, or have a ritual to mark the end of the year? Do you go to a New Years Eve party, or...
View Articlewhen self-care looks like a kvetch-fest
This post was part of the 2013 “Blog Lovin’ Tour” for the launch of Michelle Ward and Jessica Swift’s book The Declaration of You. It was an 8 week celebration where tons-o-bloggers wrote in support...
View Articlebefriending the soul (poetry interlude)
I met Ingrid Goff-Maidoff in college. Kenyon is small liberal arts college – a little hamlet in the middle-of-nowhere Ohio – surrounded by farms and fields, and hidden ponds and streams. If you went to...
View Articleanother reason to love jon stewart
I’m adding my voice the chorus of people mourning Jon Stewart’s last day as host of The Daily Show. I know I am not alone in my love of Jon Stewart. I love his incisive, biting...
View Articlewriting our way home
This post was written in November of 2015 – after a period where I wasn’t blogging much. You may have noticed that I haven’t been particularly “chatty” here in blog-land the last several months. Below...
View Articleanti-new year’s resolutions: the screw (year) list
I’m not a fan of resolutions. While I think it’s only natural for people to take stock of their lives when there’s an obvious passage – and the turning of the new year is a pretty obvious one – studies...
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