Daily happiness 10-2
cathedral ceilings knowing what to do the taste of fresh hickory nuts
Author: winslow eliot
Daily happiness 10-1
The Lake Isle of Innisfree dancing the jitterbug breathing deeply
WriteSpa #7 – Planting a story
WriteSpa – An Oasis for Writers The other day I was re-reading portions of one of my favorite books of all time: Meditations on the Tarot. The card known as The Tower, or Chaos, drew me in particular. The image is of a crumbling tower being struck by a bolt of lightning. Does it symbolize Read more about WriteSpa #7 – Planting a story[…]
Daily happiness 9-30
an antique prayer rug from Persia going after your longing chestnuts falling
Daily happiness 9-29
a surprise call from an old friend pear juice running down your chin a check in the mail
Daily happiness 9-28
a night filled with thick, heavy dreams hawks playing with a strong wind letting things happen
Daily happiness 9-27
cousins Ashdown Forest, Sussex playing with colorful glass marbles
Daily happiness 9-26
a back rub browsing through a Turkish bazaar watching a child sleeping
Daily happiness 9-25
the light glowing in children’s eyes the Enneagram crunching into a just-picked apple
The New Book Reviewer
An intriguing discussion occurred recently between some of my Twitter friends regarding book reviews. A reviewer had posted a brief disparaging piece (I wouldn’t call it a review, by any stretch of the imagination) about a historical erotic novel. Someone else had made an even more disapproving comment in response, about why writers feel the Read more about The New Book Reviewer[…]
Daily happiness 9-24
the stillness before a storm a mentor kissing under a pine tree
Men and Women
A long time ago someone (a man) read a book I wrote and was startled into saying, “Wow! You write like a man!” He meant it as a compliment. I thought a lot about this. Did you know that Charles Dickens, in 1858, wrote to a friend thusly about George Eliot’s Scenes of Clerical Life: Read more about Men and Women[…]
WriteSpa #6 – Men and women
WriteSpa – An Oasis for Writers
A long time ago someone (a man) read a book I wrote and was startled into saying, “Wow! You write like a man!”
He meant it as a compliment. […]
Daily happiness 9-23
the sun rising over Haleakala fresh peasant bread with olive oil, ripe tomatoes, sea salt birthday presents
Daily happiness 9-22
gathering clouds before a storm Barbara Tuchman’s history books a friend sending love from another country
Daily happiness 9-21
crunching into a fresh apple Mont St. Michel goodmorning kisses
Daily happiness 9-20
a great blue heron soaring across the pond intuition being absorbed by a book
Daily happiness 9-19
discovering a deserted cave filled with gold, silver, and precious jewels painted toenails the relief of attending to a small matter
Daily happinesses 9-18
photographs of the galaxies the quiet of a New England town in early evening girlfriends
Daily happiness 9-17
meeting at a taverna by the edge of the sea chrysanthemums sharing a look of laughter
Nothing Time
Today I took a walk with a single-mom friend who has recently taken on a full time job. Her 10-year-old son gets home from school at 3:30 p.m.; she arrives home with his younger brother about an hour later. I asked her if he was okay with being alone for that hour. She answered that Read more about Nothing Time[…]
WriteSpa #5 – Tag lines
WriteSpa – An Oasis for Writers I’m in Los Angeles for a couple of weeks and something I’m reminded of is the importance of tag lines in the movie promotion biz. On the billboards advertising upcoming movies these little catchy soundbites or slogans seem as important as the movie title itself. They personify the plot Read more about WriteSpa #5 – Tag lines[…]