Adventures · Inspiration

How I roll – reading 3 books at one time

I can't go into a bookstore, browse, and leave without buying a book.  I've tried, but it happens every single time.  I've tried not touching the books and just walk around admiring the spines. I've tried carrying around a cup of coffee so my hands are too busy to pick them up.  I've tried reminding myself… Continue reading How I roll – reading 3 books at one time

Adventures · Cheers

Leaf me some salmon – a fasting day story

On our fasting days, things happen around here.  We get creative with our meals and beverages.  And together we embrace hungry moments, not hangry ones either, just hungry.  We enjoy the clarity of thought we experience as we focus on not being hungry. I thought that fasting would make me distractible, unable to concentrate.  What… Continue reading Leaf me some salmon – a fasting day story

Adventures · Inspiration

How to embrace your oddness on Monday

My brain is fleeting with so many thoughts now that I slept well for two nights in a row, I can't stop my imagination from exploding with unorganized ideas. The only drawback in getting a new mattress is now I don't want to get out of bed in the morning. If you're going to do… Continue reading How to embrace your oddness on Monday

Adventures · Cheers · Emptying the nest

Wait for it – the meat and mattress meet

When you spend years with a mattress, you leave behind an astral counterpart of yourself imprinted for the future to see. GROSS When you think about it that way, "No shit that's gross."  I feel for the delivery guys who bring in the new and take out the old. GROSS What's worse?  All of us… Continue reading Wait for it – the meat and mattress meet

Emptying the nest · Inspiration

A Big Move

I long to sneak a peek through a writing room door. To watch a famous writer write. That would be a sight. Like a mouse in the corner, I'd scramble. Taking notes on a tiny yellow notepad. Ideas surely would fly. Tossed away like crumbs. Nuggets thought as no good, I would reuse. Writers write despite little… Continue reading A Big Move

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How photography enhances your writing

When you allow the world to revolve around your ability to notice fine details, you become a better photographer and a better writer.  Here's a creative rendition of the thought I had in mind when I blazed those words out of my keyboard and on to the screen. Photography is a small voice, at best, but… Continue reading How photography enhances your writing