To help my four-year-old boys’ learn how to make a resolution, I purchased, “Squirrel’s New Year’s Resolution,” by Pat Miller. The core message is summed up when Bear, the librarian at Lonewood Library, explains a New Year’s Resolution to Squirrel. “A resolution is a promise you make to yourself to be better or to help […]
On Knowing
Excerpt from, “As If We Know,” What Binds Us (Finishing Line Press 2017). Sometimes a post has to be a day late. Happy Sunday. On second thought, I think I’ll loosen my constraints and commit to posting either Saturday or Sunday from here on out. Yes, that feels much better. Journalism was never a viable […]
On Why I March
Excerpt from my poem, “helio-helios.” Photo taken by author. All rights reserved.
On Watching Sadness
Excerpt from my poem, “Spring Cleaning in Winter.” First published by Strong Verse. Included in my debut poetry chapbook, What Binds Us (Finishing Line Press 2017). Photo taken by author. All rights reserved.
On Leaving
An excerpt from my poem, “Pupa.” Included in the collection What Binds Us (Finishing Line Press 2017). Photo taken by author. All rights reserved.
New Year. New Blog Project.
I’ve been trying to figure out how to become more engaged on social media. Though my writing is raw, transparent and personal, I am more a people watcher than a participator, especially in large groups. I am half hermit and more than 50% an introvert. Yet the other side of me loves my friends and […]
