When I write, it is an expression of what I am feeling and thinking at that particular moment in time. I never try to rationalize or sanitize what I write in order to make it seem more palatable to others, that’s not why I write. I found the writers
Medium gets greedy. That is the summary of what I’m writing about. I just saw the ad for new “member” and “friend” levels of membership. Forgive me while I climb up on my soapbox to orate about this, but I want to say this while it’s still fresh
I was reading a great book on the overall process of writing just the other day, and one thing that the author said struck me as fascinating. She said that the key to writing was to start free-styling and see what that accomplished for you when you finished. The
Sometimes the world just seems laser-focused on fucking everything up. This is one of those times, I don’t need to mention all the bullshit, you can probably guess. At times like this, I shut down and walk away from the chaos. I try to go as far away
Kindness keeps me going through good times and bad. Kindness became a central point of my life several years ago, and I have benefitted tremendously since then. Kindness is so simple. There are really just two things to work on. First of all, there is consistency. Practice Kindness every day
It never fails that something negative and unsettling happens around the start of the holiday season. 2023 is no exception as the news breaks about a “suspicious” vehicle accident at a US-Canada border crossing in Niagara Falls, NY/ONT. While everyone is allegedly still gathering facts about the event,
I am the luckiest man in the world because I met my incredible partner, Hal, almost twenty-three years ago, and I love him more than anything. I fear being together for such a long time might give me a reason to take our relationship for granted, and I never
Getting older can be hard to deal with when you start realizing that you’re happier staying at home than going out. Even on beautiful autumn days, staying home and just resting is the most rewarding thing we can do.
I am currently reading a book by a published author who advises anyone struggling with the writing method on how to improve their craft. She talks about just writing without a goal in mind and then going back over your work later and finding essential things that you initially glossed
When I write, it expresses what I am feeling and thinking at that particular moment in time. I never try to rationalize or sanitize what I write in order to make it seem more palatable to others. That’s not why I write. I found the writers' community on
I started my writing career, as soon as many of us did, in elementary school. Writing book reports was an assignment that I looked forward to while most of my friends dreaded it. I was raised by literate and liberal parents who taught me the beauty of the written and
Why does the thought of a blank page in my journal, or a blank screen on my blog frighten me so much? I try to convince myself that they are simply places to write, to let my true feelings show, but that doesn’t lessen the sense of dread that