the last puzzle piece.
My friend Nina died a year ago today. To say "I miss her" does not suffice. She was one of the funniest people I have ever known–laconic, sardonic, dry–as well as one of the wisest, and one of the most ornery. I spent that weekend with her, unknowing, fearing, and …
for what or for whom do you grieve?
This weekend is the one-year anniversary of the weekend I spent with my friend, Nina, while she died. Three nights. And a year ago, I had my hardest night this evening, as she frantically tried to tell me something, her voice gone, her ability to write gone. Just a wisp …
you’re a writer. now get to Boston and write.
(I'm unsure how to sync up my voice with my mouth in this video, so just imagine that I'm speaking in Russian on the video and that you're hearing the English translation! Also not sure why it chops off before the end. Should end with "I'd love to see you …
thinking thursday.
(My dog, Blue. He's thinking.) I've been missing Thinking Thursday. You? Let's think again. Every Thursday, at the very least. [mind] James Franco gives off an interesting vibe in this interview. Interesting in a slightly paranoid way? Not sure how to describe it. Do iPads cause religious experiences? On …
project love.
I am participating in #Trust30, an online initiative and 30-day writing challenge that encourages you to look within and trust yourself. Prompt #10: To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, that is genius. – Ralph …
intention, and patterns.
(Art by Lisa Smith) I am participating in #Trust30, an online initiative and 30-day writing challenge that encourages you to look within and trust yourself. Prompt #9: The other terror that scares us from self-trust is our consistency; a reverence for our past act or word, because the eyes of …
we know. and then we know more.
I am participating in #Trust30, an online initiative and 30-day writing challenge that encourages you to look within and trust yourself. Prompt #7: There will be an agreement in whatever variety of actions, so they be each honest and natural in their hour. – Ralph Waldo Emerson What would you …
Mr Brilliant is, above all, Mr Daddy.
My husband John has been a daddy for 19 years now. Here are just a few of the many reasons he is such a fantastic dad: This is where it all began. Little Emma in strong arms. He protects and supports us. When Maggie the miniscule dwarf …
Be 100% in.
I am participating in #Trust30, an online initiative and 30-day writing challenge that encourages you to look within and trust yourself. Prompt #6: Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. – Ralph Waldo Emerson If you had one week left to live, would you still be doing what …
be bold.
I am participating in #Trust30, an online initiative and 30-day writing challenge that encourages you to look within and trust yourself. Prompt #7: Our arts, our occupations, our marriages, our religion, we have not chosen, but society has chosen for us. We are parlour soldiers. We shun the rugged battle …
