Creative Captivity
I unintentionally self isolated before it was fashionable – I was way ahead of the curve. I came down with a nasty cold a few weeks ago and took to my bed – by the time I stepped back into the world all hell had broken loose. I immediately checked my toilet paper situation (which was fine) […]
The neglected muse
Writing has taken a back seat in my life recently – I’ve been giving creativity a wide berth and busying myself with less personal things. I’ve bumped into my muse from time to time over the past few weeks, I’ve had a few close calls where the urge to write almost tripped me, but so […]
“What was I saying?”
I’m having a devil of a time finishing a blog post right now. I have several false starts on my iPad – essays which at their onset had potential but petered out before I could wrap them up. I’m full of good ideas but lately I’m having trouble finishing a thought. This isn’t just a problem I’m […]
First thing in the morning
My dad used to sing in the shower – I don’t mean humming lighthearted melodies as he washed his hair, he belted out big, boisterous marching songs – ‘It’s a long way to Tipperary’, ‘Seventy-six Trombones’, ‘Oh What a Beautiful Morning’. I’d bury my head under my covers listening to his medley and try to grab […]
A Different Vantage
This past weekend my daughter and I attended a fundraiser in aid of a new hospice residence – the keynote speaker, a recent widow, was billed to talk about her experience with hospice. As the master of ceremonies began her introduction my daughter, fearing I might find the speech upsetting, quietly asked if I’d like […]
Feeding my addiction
I’ve been clean for more than a decade. Not that it’s been an effort to stay clean – rather a non-effort. For years I lived to see my writing in print, I collected ‘tear sheets’ like it was my job. I didn’t write for money or fame (well, maybe a little bit for fame), I […]
Out of the office
I should have put an ‘out of office’ message on my website, a heads-up that I was taking a leave, but I thought I would write blogs and make posts while on vacation. It turns out I’m actually taking the break I’ve probably needed for a long time. I left commitments and worries on the […]
Nuthin
I got nuthin’…. really. Nuthin’ fun or sad or contemplative to write about. The well appears to have run dry and that is terrifying on so many levels it makes my heart pound. I’ve been here before, fretted about it, written about it and the harder I searched for my muse the more elusive it […]
Solving the case of the missing muse
Where do you even start to look for an imaginary friend? Especially one with infinite places to hide. A muse is a trickster, it has no form or actual substance, it is lighter than air. It can appear in an instant and disappear just as fast. It’s easy to take a muse for granted when […]
Desire, commitment and creativity
My muse, or whatever it is that helps me pull the words from the universe, has taken a break. I’ve been having trouble writing a blog post this week. I have half a dozen ‘starts’ but not one damn ‘finish’, on my iPad. This isn’t a real problem on the scale of real problems in […]