A Writing Life
Pride and Joy
This month, I completed several big projects. The first one was writing and editing my dear friend Ben Livingston’s website. It was a total joy to work with him, and his website is now a complete compendium of his work,…
Retreat
I just got back from a five day retreat with some very fine writers. It was productive and cozy and fun. Here’s what worked: I brought one manuscript to work on and one book to read. That’s it. I checked…Jealousy and Revenge
Believe it or not, some people write from this place:I am so much better
I’ll show them
They will rue the day
Pride turned sour.
You see, we have to have a certain amount of hubris to sit down…
Shame v. Redemption
Once again on Facebook, I paused for quite a while debating whether or not I should wade into a discussion. The initial post was about rectifying a racial wrong. Great, got it. But the tone of the post (underlined by…The Joy Inquiry…So Far
I skipped yesterday. Intentionally. I wanted to see what would happen. You see I was describing my experiment to two dear friends. “I’m trying to discover and use different neural pathways around writing. Over so many years of deadlines and…This Morning
I ‘finished’ reading a marvelous book. It will never be finished because it is the kind of book that can be read at different ages and it will always give you a new perspective. It has a kind of omniscience,…The Delicious Threshold
“Do you think I’m crazy to start a relationship with someone who has ended a twenty two year marriage?” M asks me. I smile. The fact that he called me, someone who used to fling herself into love with the…Maybe It’s God
I don’t belong to a church. Or follow a religion. Or believe in any particular creation story. I love the mystery of existence and spirituality of sand dunes. I understand the collective community of church. I defer to the safety…This Thing Called Joy
I told some dear friends yesterday about my inquiry into joy and one of them asked, “You want to be more joyful?” No. That’s not it exactly. I love it when the incorrect reflection of something I’ve said asks me…L2-Writing Right Now
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