As I wrote in my last post, 2018 was not all smooth sailing. However, things were looking up by the end of the year, and I’m hopeful that 2019 will provide space for some hopes and dreams I’ve been nurturing. I’m not calling these resolutions, because I’m don’t have to change my life to make […]
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2016 Year In Review: Hopes, Revisited
Last year, on New Year’s Day, I wrote the following hopes for 2016 in my journal. I didn’t print them out or look at them again until this morning, when I was trying to figure out how to write this post, and decided to check back and see if I’d written anything at the start […]
I’m a Writer, Not a Blogger
I have six months left to live. That’s what my writing career is telling me. (Actually, it’s more like five months now.) It’s an exaggeration, yes, but not a huge one. In September, I’ll be going back to teaching full-time. Writing will no longer be my primary work focus. I am determined to still make […]
Games And Dreams
Sometimes it takes a long time to get my son to sleep. I walk him around the room, rocking him in my arms, humming or shushing until his eyelids droop. This can get kind of boring after awhile, so I play little games with myself. I name all the Presidents of the United States in […]