Soon You Too Will Be Silent
My throat began hurting last night, and I didn’t get much sleep, but the dark hours gave me the perfect opportunity to […]
Diary or Journal: Depends Upon Who You Ask
Well, at least for a little while, Roy Barrette, in A Countryman’s Journal, has me determined to keep a daily diary, which, […]
Ten Years or Ten Minutes?
I got out of bed earlier than I normally do and was taken by the morning light in the kitchen and family […]
Books and Breathing
I have been dusting bookcases, which means going shelf by shelf: taking each book off in turn, dusting it, trying to part […]
The Weather is Turning
Yesterday, my husband, kids, and I enjoyed a just-starting-to-get-cool hike with my daughter-in-law and grandson. I wore a blue hoodie over my […]
Almost a Year into Who I Want to Be
On 2 December 2023, I started a manifestation journal, and it went like this: I will build a life that brings out […]
Basic Goodness
Andrew Holecek’s Reverse Meditation is becoming more important to me as I read it a second time, and as I find similar […]
Sunlight and Water, No Contraction
It’s a beautiful, sunny, temperate October day, so two of the kids and I drove to a local lake to just hang […]
Looking for My Place in the Sun
The sun is low in the sky, and to get any of its goodness on my face, I had to opt for […]
Introductory Material
Who, or what, is an English Major Heretic? Good question. That’s what I’m hoping to answer—or better, explore—here. I think I’d like […]