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Category Archives: The art of living
Banana Peel
Yesterday was a tough day. Days when we feel sorry for ourselves always are. Like you, I have my damn demons and they all decided to torment the fuck out of me in the afternoon. You know the saying, “don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Grief, growing up, Inspiration, The art of living, The creative process
Tagged Creative Process, Inspiration, Just life, The writing life
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Time
I’ve been here before. The place where I cannot move quickly, where the television is tempting and the couch calls, saying, rest, my dear, rest. Life slows down because my body calls uncle and the gift of time, the very … Continue reading
Posted in growing up, The art of living, Truth, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Creative Process, Just life
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Totality
Darkness enters in the middle of the day on a Monday afternoon and we stand still. We stand, some looking up at the eclipse, others, like me, watching the darkness creep across the horizon, dusk coming just before noon. Street … Continue reading
Posted in Grief, growing up, The art of living, The creative process, Truth, Uncategorized
Tagged Creative Process, Just life, The writing life
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Saying Yes
We had work to do in the morning so after lingering in bed for a bit, we rose and got to it. I had some stories to frame for a trade publication, he had calls and in between working I … Continue reading
Posted in growing up, Inspiration, love, The art of living, Truth, Uncategorized
Tagged Boulder, Colorado, Friendship, Inspiration, Just life, love
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A ramble about going somewhere
We have a train that runs through town here and in the warmer months, when the windows are open we can hear the whistle blow and sometimes that whistle blows loud and long and other times it’s a short sharp … Continue reading
Posted in Grief, love, Mom reflections, The art of living, The creative process, travel, Truth
Tagged Colorado, Family, Just life, love
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I thought I knew you: A letter to the other side
Dear Friends and Family that are Trump Supporters: We are standing on opposite sides of a canyon and no amount of reaching across this divide helps us to touch. The walls are slippery and jagged and our heels are dug in and … Continue reading
Posted in Grief, growing up, The art of living, Truth, Uncategorized
Tagged Family, Friendship, Just life, The writing life
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Awake
Dragonflies come to life by bending their abdomens and cracking the skin below their head while twisting into an impossible position. They emerge head first and upside down, spending hours waiting for their new skin to harden. Only then, if they … Continue reading
Posted in growing up, Inspiration, leap, The art of living, Truth
Tagged Just life, The writing life
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Reaching Back and Leaning Forward
Every fall I write about the ‘yearning’ I experience in September. Here’s this year’s ramble. I sit in the backyard listening to crickets while cosmos gently sway in the wind, sometimes becoming weighed down by bees nosing the scrumptious center. … Continue reading
Helping him die
There was a tiny perfect pin-sized droplet of blood on his leg, vivid and red, alive. He was lying in my lap, motionless. Rob reached over me with a tissue to dab his leg, where the IV had been, and … Continue reading
Posted in Grief, growing up, love, The art of living, Uncategorized
Tagged Friendship, Just life, love, Tigger
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Nothing Happened. Everything Happened.
“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” Bertrand Russell Road tripping does good for the soul. Adventures that involve new sights and minimal deadlines and space to freely roam open my eyes and mind and provide that mind … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, The art of living, The creative process, travel
Tagged Colorado, Creative Process, Inspiration, Just life, The writing life, travel
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