Thinking and Seeing for Better Being
Why do you blog? Life measured in boxes—headstones stacked above, pale squares below. Nothing promised. How Many Squares Do You Have Left? Following a Life Lived From the Inside Out I keep a grid on paper—ten by ten, one square for each possible year.Sixty-three of mine are shaded already.Dark little boxes, like headstones in rows.The... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat is the last thing you learned?View all responses Leaning—to believe you are magnificent and to gradually discover that you are not magnificent—enough labor for one human life. —Czesław Miłosz When I was in third grade, I learned a lesson that I’m still learning and relearning today. It happened in a Catholic school... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat’s the thing you’re most scared to do? What would it take to get you to do it?View all responses The Thing I’m Most Scared to Do (Or, Why I’m Writing About Everything Else Instead) Today's WordPress prompt asks: What’s the thing you’re most scared to do? Great. Just what I wanted—to sit... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat do you complain about the most?View all responses Who put that body wash crayon in with my student's Barbara Hepworth Sculptures? I don’t like to think of myself as someone who complains. Complaining, after all, seems to attract more of whatever you’re complaining about. Making excuses, blaming others—these are toxic habits to... Continue Reading →
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