At the doorway

So I finished, and I’m happy with the manuscript I put together. I wrote well, I think. My body aches from poor posture, and hour after hour in front of the computer. Getting these applications finished is a milestone for me. I’m standing at the doorway to something I’ve wanted for such a long time, [...]

Breathing space

Snowmelt dripping Tattered clouds Setting Sun Snow angel Evening light Walking home

Noticing

The morning sun is gorgeous and golden through my window, another day with possible moments of sun makes my heart sing. I’ve been wanting to write about all the good things in my this past week, but my mind’s been in a vice grip, focusing on these pieces, focusing on the work that I must [...]

One down, two to go

This is what my desk looks like right now. I’m submitting a series of three essays. One is finished, and damn good, I think. Two to go, with a bunch of raw material to work from. Harder topics though. I’ve been sitting nearly all day, playing chicken with words. When I couldn’t stand any more [...]

A week of mornings..

Monday: I’m stumbling to break into a new routine of writing in the morning before my thoughts are shattered with day. Now I wake up with dreams still trailing through my mind like the tails of wild horses, and there is nothing I can hold onto for sure. But it is a quieter time, now, [...]

officially freaking out

I’ve mentioned before how scheduling isn’t particularly a strength, and though I do own a calendar, I don’t seem to know how to use it. I’ve been going through this week happily thinking I had the ENTIRE WEEK of winter vacation (next week) off to work on my grad school application (20 page manuscript, shudder, [...]

A reader's life…

Before reading I listened. I was the eleven-year-old with scratches on her knees, perched on the armrest of my dad’s tan Lazy Boy, listening to Huckleberry Finn and The Yearling. I was a late reader; a kid in the ‘special’ reading group. But those early years when reading wasn’t really mine, gave me stories in [...]

2 Years Old

Happy Birthday Little One, You are two today, bright eyed and full of laughter. When you woke up this morning, you called for Daddy, and he brought you to bed between us, where you snoozed dreamily for another hour, content in a cocoon of love and warm breath between us. When you woke for the [...]