For the writer, one of the greatest tools in Resistance’s toolbox is reticence, and its perpetual challenge to one’s vulnerability. Reticence is a fantastic tool for Resistance because it keeps the writer perpetually self-monitoring and questioning their work- and in many cases, by highlighting where a particular admission or proclamation or illustration might open...
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I was able to finish David Ross’s memoir “Teammate” today, which was a nice treat on a quiet Sunday morning. After sleeping in a little while early after what felt like a long week, I put on some slippers and after I made some coffee, sat in the sunlight on the back porch and...
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There are moments when I have a clearing in my life- when all of the sound is muted and I am not in the middle of movement or mayhem or deadlines or desperation or a flurry of inner noise- and the sky above me is white the walls around me are white the clouds...
Read more →If you want to know love, you must stand in the center of truth and be who you are, where you are, in life with others. It is only when the true me interacts with the true you that we can find a basis to trust each other, respect each other, and love each...
Read more →Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul. I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. ~ Psalm 146:1-2 It’s been a good week the last week, although the more I seem to try and understand life, the less I seem...
Read more →About two months ago, Anne Lamott tweeted a line of advice for writers that has stayed on my mind ever since. She said “Write as if your parents are dead.” I’ve thought for a while about what that statement implied there. She is saying to write as if your parents will never read what...
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