Neighborhood is a metaphor for the place from which you are birthed into a larger world. As a child, the neighborhood you grow up in is character forming, habit forming, lifestyle forming. […]
Forever Young
I lead a blessed life, always have, I think. But currently my usual morning consists of some writing, some reading, some meditation accompanied by soothing ambient music. This is followed by a […]
One Writer’s Prayer
Let the words flow from my pen as the river flows to the sea. Let them be straight and true, a light in the darkness, illuminating, revealing treasures always present but only […]
The Voice in my Head
The running commentary by the voice in my head has always been a part of me, and perhaps the one thing that has singled out my existence. None of my childhood friends […]
Finding Purpose
Boy, I really don’t know where the words are going this morning. Not into a blog, for sure. Which makes me question once again my motivation for having a blog in the […]
It’s All Story
Working on my Nano story this morning, actually struggling with the words like many others it seems, and it occurs to me that it’s all story. Life, that is. Life is just […]
Purpose?
Nano has really taken a back seat this year. This last week watching the election and the drama associated with that coupled with the pandemic surge striking even closer in our family, […]
Battling the inner critic
I’m writing this morning – not my Nano novel, yet, but still putting words on the page, and that’s what’s important. It’s amazing to me when I have a task, a goal […]
What Goes Around Comes Around
Well, it’s finally here – election day. I don’t kid myself into believing by tonight we’ll know who our next president is. That’s just not going to happen. And yet this morning […]
How Quickly We Quaver
It was only last week that I posted a resolve to “begin anew,” to put myself out there, to express my thoughts whatever their worth. And already this morning, I sat at […]
NEW PERSPECTIVES 