Miss SugarCookie

2022-01-21 What’s Done is Done

Two days ago I was writing about my uncle in the hospital and today my dad had to make the tough decision to pull the intubation tube out of him, presumably the only thing keeping him alive. His body just could not take all the trauma of surgery and apparently he’s suffered many tiny strokes…

January 21, 2022
2022-01-20 Waiting.. and More Waiting + Thinking About Death

A week ago my uncle was taken by ambulance to a hospital in CB. Same day he was transferred to a hospital in Omaha and prepped for surgery for a subdural hematoma—bleeding around his brain. Now it’s a week later and he’s awake but has been unresponsive. Still intubated, as I understand it and my…

January 20, 2022
2022-01-17 Much Ado About a Monday Status Update… ✅✅❌

We’re now over half way through the month of January so it’s about time I check myself before I wreck myself. In other words.. how am I doing on the New Years resolution front? To be fair I think I only officially declared my set of goals a little over a week ago so anything…

January 17, 2022
2022-01-16 Where’s the Magic? 🪄

I promised myself yesterday that if I couldn’t switch gears and write something new here at the Lied Lodge, I would not be hard on myself. I want to be kind to myself and make space for some grace. While this place has historically been pure gold where generating new work is concerned, this 1-day-only…

January 15, 2022
2022-01-14 Giving My Brain a Creative Jump-Start ✍🏻

I’m back at the Lied Lodge in Nebraska city today. I was invited by an MFA friend who is also struggling to get back into writing. The regular routine of life often doesn’t leave enough space for flexing that creative muscle. I know I was just here a couple of weeks ago but that was…

January 14, 2022
2022-01-10 Another Year in the Rearview

And what a year it was! Am I right??!! Sometimes when I’m on vacation and I have extra time, I elect to write about how it’s going. If I have a lot of extra time, there are pictures. That’s lovely to revisit later, but who has that kind of time? I’m usually more about the…

January 10, 2022
2022-01-08 Where’s the Bullseye This Year? 🎯

I’ve been thinking (and thinking and thinking and thinking) about goals, plans, resolutions, a new day, a new month, a new year. I’m getting closer to zeroing in on my target(s). 🎯🎯🎯 My good friend Rebecca always picks a word at the start of the year that will shape her year and help her focus…

January 8, 2022
2022-01-07 Kind of a White Rabbit Start to 2022 🐇🐇🐇

There’s something about the end of one year and the start of another that puts me in a tizzy if I don’t have time to reflect on the past and also spend time musing about resolutions and planning my goals for the coming year. In case you haven’t noticed, I’m very goal oriented. Checking things…

January 7, 2022