Tag: inspiration
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The Constant Juggle
My daughter found out I’d taught myself to juggle 20 years back and now wants me to teach her. I’m having to re-learn myself. I wasn’t a master at it, but I could do a few tosses before I lost the groove. Then things happened – you know, college, work, being dumb with your friends…
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New Year, New Plans
The second post of the year and we’re already to Insecure Writer’s Support Group Day. Oy. Like the peer pressure to make resolutions isn’t hard enough, now I have to be introspective and all that before I’m 40? Dang. Hmmmm… bloggy subjects… *sounds of flipping paper* Ah, no. That’s a little too heavy this early…
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A Friday Funny
Not terribly original, but I did write it a few years back. With the holidays coming, I thought we all could use a laugh. The 2000th Annual International Nirvana Achievement Competition It was an exciting day today at the Shamshara Insight Convention Center, hosting the 2000th Annual International Nirvana Achievement Competition, with competitors from all…
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Mercurial Monday Projects
I’m not certain if I can put up anymore “writing tidbits” for a while. I’ve ranted about how writing is kicking my butt right now, and with the holidays and all that associated nonsense, well… Things are what they are. So we’re going off-road a little bit. Maybe stir up a little creativity for myself…
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Longing for Stability
Some nights the words settle heavy on my mind, demanding I rise early from bed and move them out. Sometimes the ideas fall like an avalanche from my fingertips – page after page after page of useless rock chasing me down a hill and urging me on or risk being crushed by their weight. And…
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Why?
Why write? Why take this path? It’s a question I’ve seen float about on a lot of blogs. The typical answer after much meandering is “Because I’d still do it anyway. It’s like breathing. I’d die inside if I didn’t write.” Okay. Fair answer. It’s the same answer everyone gives. It’s the answers readers and…
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