This month, my contribution to The Writers’ Vineyard is about the curious ways things come about, at least in my writing life. How about yours – do you live according to plan, or do things just happen?

Here’s a teaser.

Each spring offers these opportunities to take the universe up on its invitation to pursue the work we’re meant to do. Whether it is writing, storytelling, organizing, teaching, cooking, gardening, or anything else, our job is to invest it with all the meaning it deserves. Otherwise… the universe has a way of increasing the stakes until we do.

Read it all here.