The Things They Carry…
Sometimes I’m surprised at what tilts the scales toward grieving. Earlier last year I received news that a co-worker of mine “separated from employment” and I felt such a loss.…
Category: Pen
Inspiration or Infiltration
I’ve been hunting. Not with a shotgun or bow and arrow. I’ve been hunting with my mouse. Looking for inspiration. But sometimes an inspiration steals the show. Becomes the star…
Healthy Habits
My last post was about carrots. Not the vegetable, but the concept. This week I want to celebrate finishing something: labels in the studio! And while I was at it,…
And Finishing…
Last week I wrote about the difficulty of starting. But I’m much better at starting things than finishing them. With my artwork, numerous starts can actually help the process, giving…
Getting Started
The bookends of my creative life can be quite troublesome: getting started at the one end and finishing at the other. Today, I’m going to talk about getting started because…
Living with Loss
I just finished reading “All the Light we Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr and already I am missing the characters. The novel takes place during WWII in a small walled…
Radical Change
“Taking a vacation from (twelve step) meetings is like giving your plants a break by not watering them.” Anonymous friend I could say the same about writing. And yet, during…
Keeping the Light On.
Photo: Reuters/Lisi Niesner Have you ever been wrestling with demons in the darkness only to discover, when the light comes on, that the demons are not who you thought they…
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