The correlation among robins, writers, instinct, and perseverance. And what robins can teach us about contentment.
Category: Essays
Was that wall always there?
Daylight Savings Time affects all of us physically and psychologically. How do we manage to trudge through the day when we are sleepwalking?
Good enough is better than being a stubborn plant root
A lesson in learning that “good enough” is better than aiming for perfection in our writing.
Ode to not freezing on the way to the mailbox
After nearly two weeks of bone-chilling temperatures, there was enough warmth keeping me from freezing on the way to the mailbox.
Finding beauty in a reminder of old wounds
Looking for the beauty in an otherwise negative memory to write about can sometimes lead to coping and healing.
The study of strangers
People watching is a pastime for many of us, especially as writers. But would strangers alter their behavior if they knew they were being studied?