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2018-07-10 T-Minus Four Days
Four more days until Summer Residency for my MFA starts (Masters of Fine Arts in Writing) … woohoo. It’s a ten day retreat and break from the norm with a full itinerary of lectures and workshops and other events. This will be my second Residency and the best part about that is that the unknowns…
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2018-07-04 Satisfaction Achieved
Everything about today was extremely satisfying. It started with waking up with my love an having some great QT with him before his boys got home. We laid in bed longer than if it was a work day of course and then started some 4th of July prep before sitting down to a nice late…
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2018-06-30 On Being Insignificant
At the feedback reading I attended this week there was a point in the conversation where they were trying to transition the discussion from one writer to another and one of the moderators posed the question, “Why is it so difficult for people to open up and be vulnerable with their lives in their writing”.…
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2018-06-29 Part 2 (the Rest of the Story)
Where oh where did I leave off? Oh yes faithful happy-hour goers at the Railcar catching up over delicious cheeseburgers and glasses of wine… …Soon after the second glass Sam and I parted ways. I was on a tight schedule to get to my next event by 7PM. I scooted my booty downtown so I…
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2018-06-28 Back to Good
Back to reality means back to the basics. Achieving balance and focus is key. My day yearerday was inspiring, and as the day unfolded, I was reminded time and again of the truths around me. What’s important and what is good. It started with some nice reflecting on current events and how I really have…
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2018-06-27 Back to Reality
I’m Finally catching up to real time after my glorious vacation and getting back to reality. In truth as things were coming to an end, reality began creeping in on me and it was sort of a struggle to really enjoy the final day of my trip. The stress of what was just around the…
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2018-06-23 Key West Day 4 – Meeting Hemminway
Don’t blink or you might miss it. The days of vacation seem to fly so fast. Why is it normal life goes so slow sometimes, but when times are good it’s all just sand slipping through an hour glass? Oh what will be will be I guess. I just want to have enough time to…
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2018-04-23 Lifting Weights
Great Scott, I’ve done it again! It’s been a short 3 weeks since I officially sent in my last big assignment for my MFA and as soon as I pulled the trigger on that, the clock started ticking on #4. As of about 4:30 this afternoon, that was sent and it feels as though a…
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