-
Cheese, comma, pictures of.
I was having a hard day of writing earlier in the week, and I wrote (in an early draft of one of my posts), “It’s OK. If this doesn’t work out, I can just post a picture of a cheese tray or something.” Then I realised that I do, in fact, have a recent picture…
-
Poem: Liberation
Cast off the shackles of belonging. There is no You to hide from There is only perfect knowledge of Beauty and Truth Cloaked in 7000 generations of catastrophe
-
Vaccination – Ouch
So, here is my contribution to the Great Vaccination Debate. Although I’m not going to take a stand, and I’m not going to try to convince you of anything, so in the “debate” format, this is a dubious addition. What I am going to do is tell you a story. Here is the story of…
-
Cape Breton Chic
And this is why I was shopping for boots: Photo credit: E.J. Burtt, potter extraordinaire.
-
Everything I need to Know I Learned from My Mechanic
Today, my mechanic added a useful skill to my repertoire. Specifically, he taught me how to start a car with a burned out starter motor, and it does not involve hotwiring. What is more, he did this over the phone, thus saving me the $50 tow fee to get my car from my back yard…
-
But, Why???
I presume that any of you who have a two-year old, or who have ever had regular contact with a two-year old, are familiar with the question in the title. Why, Mommy? Why you in a rush? Why you have to go to work? Why need money? Why need to pay bills? I was out…
-
Tummy Tucks
The tummy. Flatten your tummy. Get rid of belly fat. Get the abs you’ve always dreamed of. With this one magic secret. And if that doesn’t work, And you’ve gone the way of the 10,000 sit ups and One thousand and one pilates classes And yoga just isn’t doing it for you, And neither did…
-
Word Wrangling
I’m having a weird high-tech/low-tech moment. Here I am, curled up in an easy chair in front of a woodstove with a cat in my lap, and writing. But not with a pen and paper; here I am, writing on a laptop that is connected to the rest of the world only through the power…
-
Writing as a Gratitude Practice
I walked into my own “library” last fall, before I started writing in earnest, and standing there, I was overcome with a moment of gratitude for those who have come before, and who have had the kindness to write it all down. I realized that I have before me more of the vastness of human…
-
On the Nightstand
Yesterday was all write-y. It took three days. Today, you get a list so I have more time for the next big thing. The books on my nightstand (including the magazine rack at the bottom that became necessary for spillover): Eaarth, Bill McKibben Meditation for Beginners, Jack Kornfield Darkspell, Katharine Kerr Nelly & Caesar: Jumping,…