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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Grinning like an idiot
Well, I know I’ve been a little radio silent since December. But there’s been a reason. And for once, it’s not that I got too busy and didn’t find the time to write. I’ve actually been writing a lot. You see, back in December, I was helping a very good friend of mine with his …
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 …
Wants and Needs
I am incredibly insecure. Now, not with everything. I can organize an event better than practically anyone, and I can write a research paper that would make Harold Bloom proud. I am smart, have an aptitude for new things, and I have a memory for intricate details that is pretty ridiculous. But I also …
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 …
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 …
As Lin-Manuel’s Washington Would Say “Pick Up a Pen…”
I am returning from a two week jaunt on Prince Edward Island, Canada. The average temperature this time of year is about 20 degrees Fahrenheit (on warm days) and there was roughly five inches of snow on the ground when I arrived. Most people, both those that I know and those that I met while …
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To write or to trophy wife…that is the question.
Recently, I quit my job. I was a teacher. For the last 10 years, I have impressed upon high school students the importance of using proper grammar and projecting their voices on stage. I have lectured about King Henry VIII and all of his wives and hammered home the finer points of drafting an argumentative …
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