I think I’ve started six blog posts in the last month, and all of them with great seed ideas, but as I’ve tried to work through them, tapping ideas out onto the screen, the ideas have just wilted and died. I don’t know if this is writer’s block, or more broadly, just an alive-r’s...
Read more →I don’t know how long it has been since I have posted something here I’ve written. I suppose I could look it up, but then again, we’ll all soon know when this is posted and it takes its place on the index page. All I know is that it’s been a while, and that...
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...
Read more →It’s been a couple of days since I have written and posted anything here. I guess the silence has been useful to let me know that at least two people read these posts. It’s always encouraging to hear back from friends that they miss your posts. Encouragement to write is always well received. For...
Read more →It’s 8:30 on Monday night, and I am home after enjoying dinner at my folks’ house with my sister’s family. My sister is out of town, and so Mom and Dad graciously had her husband and sons and exchange student along with myself over to indulge in her chicken and noodles specialty, which one...
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