We had a weekend of basically doing nothing special. The kids were off last week, living my childhood–Shark on a trip with my mom, Hurricane in Baltimore with my aunt and uncle, being thoroughly spoiled. And then finally we were back together, which was such a relief. We drank coffee (some of us with enormous…
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The other day I was talking to a workshop participant about the importance of process notes–literally writing about writing–what you were trying to achieve, what was happening around you as you were doing it, what feelings it brought up. And then awkwardly, I realized that I’ve been letting my own process notes habit slip. As…
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Every so often I have this moment of absolute clarity about how little I actually know. It happens with alarming frequency. Often the barrier of delusion my ego has built is strong enough that I don’t have to do anything about it, it just bounces off. But sometimes I can’t deny it; it punctures that…
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Yesterday I bounced back, as promised. In great form. There was this thing with an essay I wrote that is posted on HerKind, which I totally dig and respect and am honored to be a part of. And there was this other thing with work and writing and this other thing with a dear friend…
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Above is a day of grievances written by my younger son against my older son. Those things didn’t happen quite like that (if you can read them) but sometimes you just want to feel like shit and blame everyone else. I’m about there tonight. I know there are terrible things in the world and problems…
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Like this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIN6qbtNjec
A dear friend and colleague was cleaning out his office before changing jobs and gave me this tiny little book called “The Art of Eternal Love.” Get your mind out of the gutter. It’s about infinite love as a practice: focusing your love on that thing that exists beyond us and in everyone, and about…
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I’ve been thinking lately about where thoughts come from–if you read this article while you’re reading that novel and watch this documentary during the same time period vs being exposed to the same three things further apart from one another or in a different order, how does that affect what in particular you latch onto…
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