making it so

All weekend I’ve thought about your answers; pondered them, and wondered at their incredible honesty and longing. There is such enormous power in putting into words the things you long for. I believe this with every single cell in my being. Things become, align, respond. Even when what we ask for is far grater than [...]

This is true:

This small black bear showed up next door to my in-law’s house this morning. I loved it so much, I had to use it in a little piece of art. A good reminder: things show up, if you let them. So let them. What do you long for? Let your answer be an invitation to [...]

glimpses + books

A few glimpses of the place where everything happens around here: in the kitchen. I’ve taken to writing long hand the past couple of days; carrying the chapter I’m working on everywhere, the pages mud speckled and windblown as I try to pull lines of prose together in the thick of things. That’s what this [...]

Signs of life

Riding 33.2 miles per hour on a back country road does something for your soul. It makes you grin, for one. It makes your hair, pulled back in messy braids yank like kite strings in the wind. Being that close to the pavement you see things differently. No, you feel them. The fragrance from every [...]

Tell me how you do it

I’m feeling stuck. I come here to write, to share, and I just look at the screen. It’s been an intense couple of weeks. The end of a semester. A dear friend visiting with a heavy heart. A week of being “on” at all times with the boys. Not enough sleep. Deadlines, still, always. This [...]