I think joy is a deep sense of well being.
I lay in bed in bed this morning, feeling the edges of myself under the warm covers. Chickens clucked next door. Sun poured onto the bed. I picked up my…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
“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…
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…
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…
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Writing Resources
Because we work by ourselves, writers and illustrators often feel alone. We aren’t but sometimes we need to be reminded of all the great resources around us. Here are a few that I rely on for classes, news and general good thinking: