Miss SugarCookie

Tag: writing

  • 2022-01-16 Where’s the Magic? 🪄

    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…

  • 2022-01-14 Giving My Brain a Creative Jump-Start ✍🏻

    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…

  • 2022-01-10 Another Year in the Rearview

    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…

  • 2022-01-08 Where’s the Bullseye This Year? 🎯

    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…

  • 2022-01-07 Kind of a White Rabbit Start to 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…

  • 2022-01-05 Decisions Can Be Difficult but Sometimes the Path is Clear

    2022-01-05 Decisions Can Be Difficult but Sometimes the Path is Clear

    I fielded an email yesterday that I initiated with the counselors at my son’s school. I had asked about the possibility of him dropping Algebra 3 for the second semester. He’s a senior and has one semester left before graduation.  Their response asked if we’d considered the consequences. He’d no longer be eligible for most…

  • 2022-01-04 On Tuesday’s I Take Out the Trash

    2022-01-04 On Tuesday’s I Take Out the Trash

    I’d love to say I do it for alliteration’s sake because something deep in me is enchanted by the sounds of words that just fit together in my mouth in a pleasing and natural way. But I take out the trash on Tuesday because Wednesday is the day the Man comes to haul it away. …

  • 2022-01-03 It Can Be Whatever You Want…

    2022-01-03 It Can Be Whatever You Want…

    I have collected and carry with me a number of sayings. Mantras, if you will that I often turn to in times when I’m in need of grounding, or a reminder about how to live life properly. Now is one of those times and the phrase today is “It can be whatever you want. You…