
Before my wife and I made a final decision to move to Alaska, we visited for 10 days last Christmas, to check out the lack of sunlight we had heard so […]
Before my wife and I made a final decision to move to Alaska, we visited for 10 days last Christmas, to check out the lack of sunlight we had heard so […]
November has come and gone and with it, this year’s Nanowrimo. For the past month it’s been a mindful daily activity to sit down and put words on paper. For me this […]
The holiday season is the perfect time to get hundreds of artists and craftsmen together to show their wares. For those of us who want to give a few special gifts that […]
Participating in Nanowrimo is a month long practice in humility. In order to write 50,000 words in the month, it is necessary to average 1,667 words per day. I’ve been doing fairly […]
I’m taking a break from Nano this morning, changing my routine. I’ve written over 17,000 words during the first ten days of Nano, but my story has reached one of those points […]
Today it’s all numbers: Sunrise – 9:32 Temp – 21 Humidity – 80 Nano word count – 5380 Go Cubs!
It seems odd that today, just before Nano begins, I’m posting thoughts about the limitations of language. And yet here it is. Feels a bit like I’m shooting myself in the foot. […]
Two days to Nano and I anticipate . . . I don’t know. I honestly don’t. It’s hard for me to put into words what I anticipate. It involves expectations and when […]
Cool but sunny. Time for a walk. The trail is firm, not gushy like you might suspect after the recent rains. Time to clear the head, let the crisp breeze clean out […]
When you judge another, you don’t define them, you define yourself. Wayne Dyer It’s such a human thing we do – judgement. I mean, we do it in the grocery when we […]