My Creativity Playlist
I was recently going through some old mixed CDs—you know the things we made back in the dark ages before …
Category Archives: Writing
The Values of Silence
My fingers hover over the keyboard. I have so many thoughts, so many reactions. Sometimes I even type them out, …
The Wisdom of Narrowing
A few years ago at a Sheep and Wool Festival amid stalls of colorful yarns of all kinds, my mom …
The Power of Small
I crashed last weekend—exploding pain, unforgiving tiredness, the works. It was particularly disappointing because I had been starting to feel …
Leap of Faith
Several years ago, on an episode of Gilmore Girls, an unscripted Norman Mailer said this to a reporter played by …
Visible Woman
In his book, On Writing, Stephen King talks about how authors sometimes incorporate attributes of their own life situation into …
The Art of Starting Over . . . Again.
I am a sucker for new beginnings. In the spirit of the advertising industry’s seductive promise “new year new you”, …
Unpublished
Oh, you’re finally hitting your teenagehood! My mother has said this to me about a million times. And I hate …
An Ode to Compost
I love composts. I love the fact that I can throw away any amount of unused food and not feel …
On the Subject of Flying
This week marks the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 9/11/01. In light of this, I have decided to …
