Remember Dr. Phil? When he was popular, my daughters were small and I was still watching Scooby Doo and Rugrats, but his tagline, “How’s that working for you?” was everywhere. But this is what I do, and this is how I do it — anytime you defended your practice (in childrearing, in work, in friendships, in getting to the […]
Further thoughts on messiness. Last week, at Writing Lab, my friend Kathryn shared a poem about the inauguration. It did not include any political leanings or intent. It was a string of images that she had collected throughout the day. It was profound. This morning I spent an hour working with the poems of another […]
So, a little voice in my head is whispering, “Your readers know this already. EVERYONE knows it. YOU know it. There is no point to elaborating it again.” But I think there is a point, and what it really has to do with is my continuing process of “learning in public” that I practice here. […]
I found this image at And Today’s Idiom Is…, a blog for non-native English speakers. It strikes me as an excellent excuse for a blog. Meanwhile, I’m trying to remember what my excuse–er, purpose–is. In 2016 I spent an inordinate amount of time reading helpful books. Books about habits and writing and books about writers […]