We call it Thanksgiving. And to go with it, the iconic image of Pilgrims and Native Americans sharing a feast. The back story I’ve been told is the Pilgrims were starving and would not have made it through the winter without the Indians’ help.The Pilgrims were thankful. The Indians were …
Or, maybe… Okay, this sounds lovely. But we don’t always get to choose, right? I mean, is it just me that can find myself surrounded with people not possessing any of these attributes? And if they are only passing through, well…how do I put it… They are not passing through …
My last post suggested there were two reasons writers angst. And I mean, the deep angst. There is the shallow angst of getting out of the corner you’ve written yourself (or your characters) into, meeting word count deadlines or surviving critique…but the deep angst we go through boils down to …
I don’t blog a lot about writing because it seemed so, well, obvious. And there are so many writing blogs, I couldn’t imagine having anything new to say that isn’t all ready being said (blogged). But the fact remains, I am a writer so it’s just bound to come up …
When I was in 8th grade, I started a small business of making hand lettered signs. I had decent handwriting then and knew calligraphy. Armed with markers and colored pencils, for $1.00 or so, you could have a custom-made sign. I like signs. The spiritual ones too. In the Bible, …
I really think balance is the key to everything. So much of life is on a spectrum. Be pure, but don’t get too crazy or you could be puritanical. Feel your feelings, but don’t where your heart on your sleeve. The tricky part not knowing where that tipping point exactly …