Name your pig and your chicken
If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it. -Brendan Francis To the naked eye, this might look like picture of a little plastic pig and a little plastic chicken. But it is not. In fact, you could not be more wrong. This isn’t a …
Trust yourself
It is by logic we prove. It is by intuition we discover. -Henri Poincare Recently, I was asked to speak to a class of seniors at my alma mater, Guilford College. After the class convened, we set out across campus and hiked a short distance into the woods on campus. …
I’ll be looking for you. I’ll know you when I see you.
A quick little "mark your calendar" for readers in the Asheville area. Or in any area, really, in case you’ve been hankering to visit Asheville and this might fit into your travel plans…! (Subliminal message: Come! Come!) Just confirmed a September 20th book launch, reading, and signing at the fabulous …
Don’t end up simply having visited this world.
It was late when we got there, to Mary Alice’s house. A visit that was years ago now, so the details don’t remain with me in deep clarity, but the sense I had of that space is still so strong–from out of a dark night we entered into color. It …
Read your Sunday paper
Really, I mean other than meeting Gene Hackman in FOUR SHORT SLEEPS, Is there any greater joy than a Sunday morning with the dining room table strewn with newspapers? Here in our unairconditioned and cranky-when-it-is-hot home, warm rosemary bagels from the Bruegger’s on Merrimon Avenue, some nice French press coffee–black, …
Encourage a friend today
I know you’re busy. Those emails are piling up. The boss needs a report on the use of commas and the subjective clause in the report on the report on the findings of the report on sumpin-sumpin. The massage therapist is waiting. The kids are running naked in the backyard. …
Catalog your fairies
“Tessie, you wanna go to the creek and take a class?” I asked two weeks ago. I had received a notice of a two-hour nature class for 5-7 year-olds at the Botanical Garden near our house. “YES! YES! YES!” she screamed, unsure what I was asking, but absolutely committed nonetheless. …
Giving voice
I think you might know that I have a book coming out in September. What you might not know is what makes me the proudest about that book. You’ll find out in this short audio file. Thanks to the ever-generous Rick Hamrick, I believe I’ve actually figured out how to …
Love your broken tooth
I don’t know the names of my teeth. Do you? Oh, sure, I know “Front Tooth” and “Back Tooth,” but that’s the extent of my dental lexicon. So, I can’t tell you the exact name of it, but I broke the Tooth- Beside- The-Front-Tooth in half a few weeks back. …
37days group gathering on Facebook
If you’d like to join up with like-minded people who read 37days, a "37days" group has started on Facebook (you’ll need to join Facebook if you’re not already a member). If you’re not so inclined, let’s just forget I ever mentioned it and get back to grilling those vegan burgers.
