Leo dreams of his own farewell gathering, and his dream offers up wisdom from an unexpected source.
New Year
Pine Street Episode 232: Endurance
Kassandra wonders what the next set of changes will bring.
Pine Street Episode 231: New Year’s Day 2021
Franny and Pine Street consider a brand new year.
Happy New Year: welcome, 2018
Wishes, hopes, aspirations for the new year.
Welcome Newness
May 2016 renew the best of all of us: our joy, creativity, community, generosity, and love.
In the New Year, Befriend Your Ego
Wrapping up the old year and bringing in the new, my monthly contribution to The Writers' Vineyard invites us to see the Ego as a source for drama in fiction... rather than real life. The Ego, after all, knows well how to create Drama. Conflict. Tension. Spectacle. These form the home turf of the Ego. … Continue reading In the New Year, Befriend Your Ego
Just a thought for 2014
Here's a thought (not a resolution, a promise, a claim, a stand, or any such grand thing - just a thought) as we find ourselves already launched into 2014. Make room for the things and activities and people you love.
Last minute lessons, on the Writers’ Vineyard
For my end of year post on the Writers' Vineyard, I tossed together a few lessons from 2013, the year I became a published author. Written at the last minute, of course. Here is lesson number one: Authorship means negotiating a series of paradoxes. Writing is solitary and communal, it is art and business, it … Continue reading Last minute lessons, on the Writers’ Vineyard
This is not a list…
As the year nears conclusion, my contribution to the Writers Vineyard this month is less about resolutions, and more about Resolution. Here's an excerpt, and this week's Project Create: This is not a list. It is not a series of promises to myself to become healthier, thinner, nicer, smarter, more financially savvy, less dependent on … Continue reading This is not a list…