Saying Goodbye to My Dolls
I enjoyed dolls when I was growing up in the sixties and seventies. Now it is time to simplify life—so I am saying goodbye to my dolls.
I believe we are all creative. I want to inspire you to make time for creativity. There is no better time to start than now and it is never too late. Let’s take the journey together!
Protest Songs
Protest songs are statements for social change—whether they are for civil rights, anti-war efforts, or political reform. Music can be a tool for activism and for collective lament. Many powerful songs highlight a specific instance where injustice is happening or has occurred in the past.
People Are Important
I have watched the video over and over—trying to understand how something so horrifying could happen. I watched so I could form my own opinion.
Thoughts for a New Year
Happy New Year! Turn the page. Pull out a blank canvas. Move ahead. Here are my thoughts for a new year.
Some Days, Everything Feels Too Big
Unfinished essays are scattered across my desk. Others are still percolating in my brain—half-formed and waiting. And some essays are hidden inside me—ones I know I will never write. Some days, everything feels too big—emotions, life, situations, every single thing. How can words express the expansiveness of what it is to be alive?
A Vase of Flowers
I often watch a YouTube channel—introvert & dog. I think the word introvert caught my attention. I am an introvert. The catchphrase he uses at the beginning of each video is: “the magical beauty of the ordinary.” I was particularly inspired by something he routinely shows on his channel: a vase of flowers on the table.
In the Wrong Place
Innocent. In the wrong place at the wrong time. Oblivious to his situation, he made it worse by not running away. He remained motionless—hanging precariously from the roof.
A Reading Program by Ray Bradbury
Reading is a challenge for me. I like the idea of reading and enjoy it when I actually do read. However, I have trouble making time and settling down long enough to read. While watching a YouTube video about writing, I came across a reading program by Ray Bradbury: read one poem, one short story, and one essay every night. It sounded easy enough—I could just read short examples of these. I did not realize when I started that Bradbury said to do it for 1,000 days!
The Heart
A few weeks ago, I had an echocardiogram—which is an imaging test that uses ultrasound waves to create detailed images of the heart. I have had several in the past, but this time was different—I was facing the machine that displays the images of my heart.
On a Perilous Path
Depending on which news channels we watch or which newsfeeds show up on our Facebook pages we receive only part of any news story—specifically, what a certain group (or the algorithm) wants us to know or believe. Because of this, some people live in an alternate reality from what is true and should be right in front of our faces. We can’t make sound decisions if we rely on only one source of information or believe everything someone—or anyone—says. Our society is on a perilous path.
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