It’s a new year. Everyone is all about intentions these days. I intend to do a lot of things. I intend to get up early and exercise. I intend to walk past that dish of Hershey Kisses and not grab two or four or … you know. I intend to get to bed earlier but …
Category Archives: writing
Back to the Beginning
photo: Flauschige Frühlingsboten, Fluffy spring messengers by Hansjörg Keller on Unsplash Today I returned to one of my favorite circles of writers, the senior citizens at Harwood Place, who invited me to lead a writing class nine years ago when I was very green as a teacher. Some of the writers at the time, despite …
Listening, Writing, Thinking
from Ojibwe.net, Traditional Songs, sung by Margaret Noodin There is a place, there is always a place, to which you return, in mind or in spirit or in the movement of your own two feet, where you rest a moment and appreciate the quiet, the solitude. Just you. And the water. The yellowed leaf from …