Time Cheat

I have a confession to make. I have been cheating on the “post-a-day” goals of Nano Poblano for the last few days. The truth is, I’m currently in East Coast time, but my blog is in West Coast time, and I haven’t changed it. So if I post after midnight, it’s the next day here […]

Wisdom Wednesday

I’ve done a lot of writing today already, about some hard things, and I’m not sure I have much left to give. I’ve also done a lot of feeling, and thinking… And worrying. Especially worrying. Haven’t we all? So I turned where I often turn when I’m feeling particularly hopeless. To the wisest person I […]

We Know How This Ends

We already know how this ends, so why do we keep playing along? Is there not enough darkness in the world already? Is there not enough pain, grief, death, injustice, suffering yet? The worse it gets, the worse it gets. And the harder it is to get out of. We already know how this ends, […]

Sofar Secrets

I may get murdered by Taylor Swift fans for what I’m about to say but: I will take a cozy living room-style show with talented local musicians over a $2000 stadium T-Swift ticket any day. Tonight I had the very cool experience of attending a “Sofar” show. Sofar hosts “secret” shows in hundreds of cities […]

The Call

It’s the first day of November and I woke up feeling “the call.” It was unexpected as I had already pretty much written off the idea of doing Nano Poblano — writing and posting something every day this month — this year because of all the usually reasons… Too busy. No extra time. Juggling too […]

Finish Strong and Carry On

The end is where we start from. -T.S. Eliot I’ve been out and about reading my fellow Nano Poblano team’s last posts of the month, and for many of us the sentiment is the same: we made it through a month of daily writing to build the writing habit, stretch the writing muscles, in order […]

Wine Sunday

After Family Friday and Caturday I’m rounding off the weekend with the third post in the (short-posts-because-family-time-is-important) trilogy, concluding a full weekend of family festivities. We made the most of the last day, which meant leaving late in the afternoon and chasing the sun. After driving the five+ hours back from the interior through several […]

New Rhythms

With the start of a new chapter, my hope is to establish some new rhythms. New rhythms of daily life. Rhythms that move me away from burnout and toward balance. Rhythms that facilitate making the most of my time and prioritize creating/writing, not only for my job, but also — first and foremost, actually — […]

Quarried Light

“When you come through a phase of pain or isolation or suffering, the light that is given to you at the end of that is a very precious light”, writes John O’Donohue (my bold/underline), whose words have been my companion these last couple of months. This idea of a light earned through hardship, isolation and […]

A Pre-Birthday Pandemic Confession

You may or may not know this about me, but my primary love language is quality time. Spending time with people I care about, whether on some epic adventure or doing nothing at all, is how I best express my love to others, and feel loved in return. It means a lot to me to […]