I’ve been pretty absent here, but I’ve been elbow deep in my Creative Writing MFA at Lesley University (not to mention the ever-raging pandemic). I have been doing a lot of writing–just nothing for blog publication. BUT, I did just recently get published! Last semester I worked on travel writing, and I got to write …
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For Monkey
As most of you know, I am not a band director. I have been molded into, like, a quarter of one by Janet, Matt, and Brian so I could come have fun with them and not totally jack up their programs. As a result, I have met a lot of people in the band directing …
For Louisa: A New Year’s Resolution
I just saw Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, and I don’t really have the words to describe how I felt about it. I am still feeling about it. I will probably still be feeling about it for many days and weeks to come, and every time I re-watch it (which will be frequent), I will feel …
Embracing My Creativity
I know. I have not kept my promises to myself to post a new blog at least once a month. I mean, really — how hard is that? Once a month. Actually, my goal should be once a week, but I was realistic with my goal setting and settled on once a month. And I …
Perfection vs. Process
On a recent trip, I found the magnet pictured above. As soon as I saw it, although it was not clearly a souvenir of the city I was visiting, I knew I had to buy it for my older brother because it so perfectly encapsulated us. If you know me, you’ll know that I …
An Accidental Prose Poem
I have nothing much important to say tonight except to share that I feel perfectly at peace. I am sitting in my living room lit only by a candle in an old wine bottle with a gigantic wooden wick that is throwing off just enough light for me to see to write. The familiar feel …
The Guts to Get Out
I meant to post this on Saturday, but then a tornado hit our town. All is mostly well. Several homes were lost (not mine, just to be clear), the baseball field is destroyed, and there was some damage to the track and a whole bunch of junk blown around. No serious injuries and no deaths, …
I’ve been busy…
It has been four months since I’ve written. Specifically since I’ve written a blog, but essentially since I’ve written at all. Sure, I’ve done the odd journal entry here or there; I’ve done some editing, but I haven’t written since I was on PEI. This is not good, guys. But, to use the same excuse …