Why I Write – Friday June 4th/2021

Why I Write/June 4th, 2021 I write because I try to make sense of the world and sometimes I don’t know how. I write because today on my river walk the air was swollen with the scent of wild roses and rebel lilac bushes blooming defiantly amongst the tangled...

Why I Write

 It allows me to become comfortable with the uncomfortable. It allows me to be brave on the page and then in life.   It allows me to be real in what sometimes feels like an unreal world. It allows me to connect to what I feel or what I’m afraid to feel. It...

2020 Is In The RearView Mirror, Now What?

I don’t know about you, but for me, 2020 was, in turn, bewildering, emotional, gut-wrenching, scary and thankfully dotted with peaceful, happy moments and deep growth. I don’t think anyone hasn’t been affected in some way by the events of this year, and I think most...

Waking Up

“Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.” Naomi Shihab Nye The other day I fell asleep while writing during a group writing practice on Zoom. As I wrote, sudden exhaustion overtook me, I began...

When Time Isn’t What It Used To Be

It’s been quite a while since I’ve had a fixed schedule.    One where I had to get up at a specific time and be someplace, be presentable, dress in regular clothes, and interact with people as a working person in the world, and I’m not talking about...