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The Fine Art Of Creative Leisure

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” – J. R. R. Tolkien I can be lazy. Okay, I said it, but trust me, somewhere in the afterlife, my mother just sighed loudly.  If there was one thing Mom worshipped, besides a freshly vacuumed carpet, it was crossing everything off her to-do list before sundown. My mother was ridiculously disciplined and just shy of fanatical…

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Take Me With You

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Where Did Everyone Go?

Stars, Stripes, and Silence I like these calm little moments before the storm, it reminds me of Fred Rogers. Cheryl Oreglia Is it me? Possibly. Or is it just the randomness of life, the calm before the storm? I don’t know. Most likely, it’s a combination…with a sprinkling of overwhelm that’s been lingering over my world like a lazy cumulus cloud—pretty, puffy, and mildly threatening. It’s the…

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The Audacity To Write

When a ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what ships are built for. Clarissa Pinkola Estés The afternoon light spreads across the raw plank of wood that spans the arms of my easy chair. This makeshift desk is fitted with a pen, books, and a tired-looking emery board, along with an empty coffee mug stained with grinds and my beloved computer…

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A Mini Update From The Writer Who Has Not Written

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ― Maya Angelou Greetings all. I apologize for the lack of communication. I’m hiding out in the shadows of an incredibly busy and full life, as the words escape my thoughts, you are never far from them. I’m still in NYC with my daughter, son-in-law, and adorable new grandson (Dorian Joseph Bontemps). We are all thriving but…

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I Was Wrong

Again “Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.” – Alan Moore I take it all back. That whole Must Love Drama phase I recently went through. Total bullshit. Banish that essay from your memory before it becomes endemic.  “Does not love pain” is my new motto. Ironically, when my new adversary came knocking, it was the eve of Easter, also known as Holy…

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Your Phone Is Not Your Friend

Don’t Tell It Your Secrets  Don’t Let It Seduce YOU And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You Not to put too fine a point on it, but it feels like the machinery of late stage capitalism coughed up the internet for us with its empty promises of connecting us all through social media – only to leave us in a mirrored fun house of confirmation bias. Nadia Bolz Weber What is our greatest human…

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The Secret To Life

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A Womb

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I Had An Idea

And Like Most Ideas~I Needed A Helper “When I have an idea, I turn down the flame, as if it were a little alcohol stove, as low as it will go. Then it explodes and that is my idea.” ― Ernest Hemingway This quote reflects the intensity of the emotional process of having a sudden insight or inspiration, which often happens when our hearts are on fire, and we’re rounding the dangerous part of the…

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Can We All Agree

To Order A New Roller Bag For The New Year/ “Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” – Roy M. Goodman I’m a mess…a ridiculous, immune-compromised wreck of a traveler with no destination…currently. My rashes went from manageable to alarming to debilitating in a matter of weeks, and instead of running to urgent care, I did what I always do with dire situations (sorry for…

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A Winter Romance

“It is not the failure that holds us back but the reluctance to begin over again that causes us to stagnate.” Clarissa Pinkola Estés I’m sort of obsessed with endings as I watch this year limp towards its final destination, dragging our illusions as if a suitcase with a broken wheel, waiting to pass through the gate of the New Year.  And I mean limp. We’ve all dealt with unexpected trials and…

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Let It Shatter You

“The world looked like a storm. I was going to be its center.” ― Kiera Cass Holy Shit! The first thing I see when I open my eyes is the stand-up heater on the patio swaying like a metronome in the raging storm. I leap out of bed in a single move, which at my age is more like watching someone wiggle out of the beach chair in slow motion, but whatever, my Christmas present from last year is…

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It's Bold

It’s Daring It’s A Risk There are things in that paper that nobody knows but me, or ever will.” ― Charlotte Perkins Gilman On the cusp of the new year, just before the glorious birth of our eternal hope, we decided to remodel the tiny front bath, ironically known as the fish bathroom.  We’re swapping out the old clawfoot tub, where I bathed all my children, the adorable fish nobs, fish…

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Life Is Either A Miracle Or It Is Not

I’m Going With Miraculous “Everything you can imagine is real.”― Pablo Picasso I did not fear life before I was born, so I refuse to fear death before I die. I read that somewhere, not those exact words, but close, and it got me thinking. It’s also not entirely true because anytime you encounter the unknown, like death, fear likes to tag alone. I must be in a mood to contemplate such a morbid…

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Last Flight Out

We All Have One In Us “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” Ernest Hemingway On the way to the airport, a harvest moon illuminated the early morning sky, aglow with shades of dusty rose, sienna, and cerulean. There was something efficacious about the moon that morning. It felt like a promise. I could feel its gravitational pull all the…

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It Takes Both The Left And The Right

To Tie A Shoe “We have to ask questions, admit to not knowing, risk being told that we shouldn’t be asking, and, sometimes, make discoveries that lead to discomfort.” Brené Brown Disclaimer, I’m feeling off this week, or my asthma is kicking in, but the truth is I have nothing of value to say. If you decide to read this blog, I am not responsible for any derogatory or wayward influences my…