The Update. Here's my midlife reawakening email to all my friends! I’m posting it on my blog, because... yeah, who wants to get this lengthy piece in an email, amiright? I'm just trying to do my due diligence updating everyone. I usually start by apologizing for the mass email, but you know-I’m one person … Continue reading A Personal Update for My Friends – The Newsletter
To be a good writer, you must read a lot. This has always been one of the biggest lies told to me about writing. I’ve always hated this line because it’s said by almost everyone in writing and its only purpose is to make you feel bad about not being a reader. To me, it’s … Continue reading Three Lies About Writing
I’ve been thinking about this quote by Emerson these past few days: “Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Some may say it takes courage to start a new path. But the truth is, courage sometimes is secondary to necessity. If someone MUST … Continue reading Courage Ain’t It
What I learned this week is that you cannot dismiss someone else’s pain and think it’s going to be alright. It happened in several ways but the most public was watching the great Rita Moreno sit with Stephen Colbert on The Tonight Show being interviewed about the movie musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda “In The Heights” … Continue reading The Best That Art Can Do
February 14th, 2021 - Sunday 8:30am Sometimes it's just easier for me to post my actual journal entry. Apologies for...well, all of it. Misspellings, grammar, cursing....all the good stuff you get in journal entries, especially when they are hand-written! (Yes, I'm a bit silly about pens. I wish I could admit I prefer some expensive … Continue reading What I Envy in Love
Creative Simplicity 