Detective Work

I’ve been busy making lists. Lots of lists. Need to do lists and don’t forget lists and follow up on that lists and grocery lists and lists with lots of potential. I spend the time capturing these things like little lightening bugs and trapping them into the...
Permission for that WIP to R.I.P.

Permission for that WIP to R.I.P.

Every Sunday members of Nina Hart’s Writing Playhouse gather up smack in the middle of the afternoon to devote one glorious hour to our writing. At the beginning of each month, she invites us writers to share any intentions we have for our writing lives for the weeks...
words get sticky

words get sticky

Like many in late 2020, I found myself in virtual spaces learning new things and joined a low-stakes zen doodling program. I sat mindfully making marks on the page when I was ripped from my zen as the facilitator demonstrated a specific technique chasing it with “See?...
Internal Landscape Shows the Way

Internal Landscape Shows the Way

Ever have those episodes where you feel out of sorts but everything and everyone around you seems to be having the opposite experience? Like when people are screaming at their cell phone and shaking a fist to the sky yelling “f-you Mercury & your retrograde*” and...
Finding Quiet

Finding Quiet

Finding Quiet to Find it More– When I tune inward, I find the quiet moments. The sounds from the physical atmosphere fade, and the noise of social expectations melts away. A spaciousness opens inside, and I resist the urge to fill the silence with anything...