I sit here rereading one of my favorite books about writing, creativity and life: Nancy Coleman’s, Wide Open Writing: Embrace Your Creative Genius. I read it often because Nancy is my friend, my teacher, a confidante, a wise and kind woman deep of soul and heart. As in so many things we do, I read it… Continue Reading
As soon as one of my dear friends posts on Facebook about her “sad and complicated life,” I think, “she must be doing what she and I discuss a lot: telling herself stories.” How often do we do that? And how often are those stories negative about ourselves? About what we do wrong and how… Continue Reading
We did it, my friend Sarah and I. She started it. I never would have. Too embarrassed. Not good enough. I should be better than I am, more advanced after all these years of studying French. On our walk on Portland’s wide open panoramic Eastern Prom, big enough for all the mistakes we would make,… Continue Reading
In twelve step meetings, to help heal addictions, the leader reads the promises, which say that, if we follow the recommended practices, “we are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. …We will know peace.” A writing teacher says, “positivity and expansiveness…will give you access to your essential creative channels…That is a… Continue Reading
A friend recently asked me, “Have you ever wanted something that was impossible?” She didn’t ask me to name that something. Phew! Who wants to reveal their deepest longings, fantasies or maybe that shiny thing tinged with the teeniest bit of greed? “Yes, of course,” I answered simply. “It’s about loss, right?” She smiled and… Continue Reading
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