Dec 31, 20223 min read
Looking back . . . Looking beyond
Last semester was a banner term! Concerns about COVID didn't seem to dominate the year as they have in the past couple of years. Student...
Dec 17, 20222 min read
Final Draft
In the middle of making a mess, visualizing the final product can feel imaginative and unreachable. Yet, I don't like sitting in the mess...
Nov 28, 20222 min read
Laying the Foundation for a Process
Over the last 3 weeks, I have been working with a contractor to renovate my bathroom. Remodels test my patience. Problems arise and each...
Aug 30, 20221 min read
Nature's Poem
Last night, I got home to find a weird bug in the driveway. The bug looked like a stinging cricket--a black body with red stripes with a...
Aug 15, 20223 min read
Aarrgh! Writer's Block!
“The hardest thing about writing is writing.” — Nora Ephron Those moments when writing doesn't come easy are more frequent when...
Aug 10, 20221 min read
Back to School
It's time... We knew it was coming... From the first day of summer break.... And now it's here... Back to school time! Every year, I...
Jul 16, 20221 min read
Vision Boards
During a writing conference I attended this week, several of the speakers talked about vision boards on their blogs. As I was watching, I...