by Peter Gibb | Nov 13, 2018 | Conversation, Mindfulness, Uncategorized
photo credit; pixabay.com Thinking About Holiday Conversation 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...
by Peter Gibb | Mar 22, 2018 | General
Mindful Writing is a lot like life which is a lot like dancing on a teeter-totter, “surrender” at one end and “control” at the other. When the desire for control takes over, I buckle down, work harder, make some progress but too often end up banging my head against a...
by Peter Gibb | Mar 8, 2018 | General, Uncategorized
photo credit: Pixabay Not long ago, I had one of those aha moments. It was the end of the day. I was tired. Just enough energy left that I could hear that still, small voice within addressing me, “I have something to say. Please listen.” So I did. And...
by Peter Gibb | Feb 24, 2018 | Memoir Art
photo credit: Pixabay.com I’ve been watching the winter Olympics, especially the figure skating. Magnificent, but what strikes me particularly is the falls and the recoveries. How quickly the skaters rise, glide seamlessly (so it appears) right back in...
by Peter Gibb | Nov 18, 2017 | Mindfulness
photo credit: Pixabay Today was a very good day. I felt totally blocked. And never let it bother me. I’ve been working on editing the manuscript for my new book, Mindful Writing, and also teaching an introductory course on the same topic. Both of these have...
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