The family gathers. Okay,maybe, Aunt Tilly doesn’t show. Friends gather. Okay, at the last minute , Frank calls to say he’s bringing his girl friend, Mabel, but that’s fine, because she can take
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The Power of Still
So many conversations feel so rushed, comments crammed together like stuff piled into a closet. Rarely is there a moment’s pause to take in – I mean really take it in, as in
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A Dinner to remember
I had the most delicious, three-hour dinner this week with my great friend, L. The food was fine, but when I say “delicious,” I’m thinking about the conversation. Afterwards, I went home,
The Capital
The Senate Judiciary Committee This Week
I had intended to listen for just a few minutes, but once I turned on the Senate hearings, there was no turning it off. The testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and
Mindful Conversation
In recent weeks, I’ve had several people speak to me about the shifting quality of my conversation. Our son, who had been visiting with his family, in a passing comment at the top of the stairs, said, “I
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Just when I thought the news couldn’t get any more absurd, it does; just when I thought the rhetoric designed to turn us all into cynics couldn’t get louder, it does; just when I thought the lies,
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An Update.
I’ve been thinking –beyond Mindful Writing– about the larger world of “Mindful Communication.” Prior to this blog entry, I’ve focused this blog on the magic and power of memoir. Writing my own memoir, as well
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How Do You Start a Memoir?
A would-be memoirist contacted me the other day. “I’ve been writing now for several months,” she said. “But I can’t get it going. Where should I start?’
“What have you tried?”
There’s a saying in the writing world, “writing is re-writing.” But
a lot of writers, it seems, haven’t heard about this part of the work, or expect to get by without. No writer sits down when the muse strikes,
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Who has critics?
We all have critics. In writing and in life. OK, some of us have more active critics than others. Inner critics and outer critics. The worst are those nasty voices inside our own minds that nip