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Short form
Last night I blogged the journal entry I’d written about George the cat. It wasn’t as long or thoughtful as I might have wanted, but it’s what came out when I set pen to page. I’ve been journaling and...
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The garden of your mind
It’s Tuesday morning with glints of sun. Yesterday was intermittently rainy, so the ground today is wet underfoot, with a smattering of sodden leaves: an olfactory delight for Roxy, and a neutral...
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The daily leaf
More days than not this past month, the first photo I’ve taken in the morning shows one or more leaves fallen on the hood of either my or J’s car. I find leaves visually interesting–I can’t help...
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A leaf of faith
Some days when I come to the page, words appear like magic, sprouting spontaneously like mushrooms from the mold of my mind. On other days, I come to the page and find no words waiting for me....
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Some assembly required
When I taught at Babson on Monday, I found a cardboard box containing a handful of wooden letters. The letters didn’t seem to spell anything; instead, they seemed to be left behind after a student...
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One step up from nothing
I was never a fan of outlines when I was a student; I just dove in and wrote the thing. But now that I teach writing, I see outlining as an easy way to get started–and entry drug to drafting. Any one...
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Another racing day
Yesterday my five-year diary asked “What can’t you throw out,” and I answered “Journals.” My old journals fill several bookshelves, and recently I’ve also started stacking the slim notebooks I carry...
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Where to aim your energy
Today is sunny, brisk, and below freezing, so puddles from yesterday’s unseasonably warm rain are frozen into topographic abstractions. If I were queen of the world, I’d give everyone today off for...
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The details of the day
Today is gray and chilly: the temperature is above freezing, but it feels colder. J and I drove to Framingham for lunch, then we walked laps around the town green, as we did several times last summer....
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Before the show begins
Sometimes when I sit down to write, I have an idea in mind, but many times, all I have is a blank space. They say that nature abhors a vacuum, so when I set pen to paper or fingers to keyboard, I know...
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