Why productivity is not enough
The roads are muddy now; one day ice, the next day thaw. The sun can’t make up it’s mind. It shows up in the morning all glowy and bright, and then the day turns fierce and raw, with flurries in our...
View ArticleHow to find your true velocity: do less to achieve more
I meant to write here all week, but then I did other things. Namely, slowing down until I was just doing one thing at a time. I’ve been exploring this since I began to muse about productivity last...
View ArticleLet the choices you make today be the ones that make you glad
It’s before the dawn and I’m up. The choice is mine. Hello writing practice. Hello day. I lie in bed for a minute or maybe five, feeling the way my mind slips like a gymnast between one state and...
View Article5 things to fuel your creative soul this weekend:
1. Review all the notes you’ve jotted down throughout the week. I often take notes on my phone, but if I don’t make it a ritual on the weekend, I forget the thing’s I’ve noted there. 2. Start a...
View ArticleEventually you will make a decision (or reminders to myself)
Eventually you will make a decision to stay indoors or to venture out, not letting the rain stop you. Pull on a rain. Rain pants for the kids. Boots. And go out into the smudged world, with its...
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We haven’t seen each other in months, even though for the past six month’s Mira has lived here. Time passes like that. A blur. And then she texts, “let’s make sure to meet up before we leave. We’re...
View ArticleStill paying homage to the night {Just One Paragraph 15/30}
It felt like fall today, even though we’re at the height of summer. Crisp air, and the most beautiful bright bowl of blue up above. The weather has been anything but ordinary, and for that, I am glad...
View ArticleThe hitch of course is kids {More than one Paragraph 16/30}
I was so intrigued by the comments in yesterday’s post about shifting towards a morning habit. About writing then, and soaking up the world as the new day unfurls. But here’s the thing that I can’t...
View ArticleStuff I’ve learned while starting out, carrying on, or attempting something...
{Not Really A Paragraph 17/30} :: Repeat this mantra: There is enough. Enough resources. Enough people. Enough audience share. Enough. :: Ask: how can I help? :: Join forces. Take...
View ArticleLearning things about self care
In these weeks between the 1st of the New Year and my birthday on the 26th, I always strive to clarify my intentions, and imagine what I want to manifest in my next year’s journey around the sun. This...
View Article5 things to fuel your creative soul this weekend:
1. Review all the notes you’ve jotted down throughout the week. I often take notes on my phone, but if I don’t make it a ritual on the weekend, I forget the thing’s I’ve noted there. 2. Start a...
View ArticleEventually you will make a decision (or reminders to myself)
Eventually you will make a decision to stay indoors or to venture out, not letting the rain stop you. Pull on a rain. Rain pants for the kids. Boots. And go out into the smudged world, with its...
View ArticleA few things I’ve been up to lately
Hello friends! I’ve been so busy lately I haven’t had nearly as much time as I would like to stop in here and share stories. Here are a few things I’ve been up to lately: :: Writing on Medium ::...
View ArticleThe hours become like a dream, the days like liquid one swelling towards the...
The hours become like a dream, the days like liquid one swelling towards the next. The entire summer a standing wave of hours rushing past, riding the blue arc of sun-filled skies from morning until...
View ArticleYes & yes
Photo: Erika Senft Miller There aren’t words really, not yet. Except that I went, and found myself a part of a tribe of the most creative people among the familiar landscape of my childhood for a...
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