I came across an interesting premise in blogging while reading Susannah Conway’s beautiful blog today. Dust off a few various and sundry posts, then highlight one from another blogger you admire. Susannah’s done so, and, if you’ll indulge me, I’d like to do the same. In particular, I’m trotting out the following (and bending the [...]
Tomorrow, I turn 30. 3-0. As in the age that I thought at the beginning of my twenties I’d be married and be done having all the kids I planned to have. Beyond that I hadn’t invested much thought. It was my small town mentality at work, my “worldview” as you could call it. And, [...]
I’m a person prone to questioning things, prone to doubt. In fact, I question everything, including myself. It’s just the way I am, the way I’ve always been. Except where blogging is concerned.
When I began blogging nearly four years ago, I didn’t really “think it through.” I had no grand plans or ideas about content [...]
I got the idea from reading Alice Steinbach’s Without Reservations, which I very much enjoyed and would recommend.
So, six weeks ago I sat down with a croissant, a café au lait, and a pen and I wrote. I wanted to capture the moment, the little and the great, the feeling of being there if only for [...]
Some words are of such a nature that you print them out, fold the paper, tuck it into a beloved book or journal. The words are eloquent, poignant, memorable. You allow yourself to believe they are about you. In times of doubt, you revisit them and are assured.
I write when someone moves me… the words write [...]
I took the time to read the post. I read it thoughtfully and empathically. And when I finished, I decided to provide some thoughts in the comments. I was honest and well-meaning and not at all inflammatory. However, I gave advice that was not necessarily what the writer of the post wanted to hear. I’m just [...]
When I was in 6th grade, my English class and I received a writing assignment to author a “fan letter” to a celebrity of our choosing. I happened to choose Geena Davis (whatever happened to her anyway?) because I’d just seen A League of Their Own and even though I really fucking hate baseball (including [...]
