A year ago to the week, I wrote about where I had been, what I'd been up to, and why my blogging had lost its consistency, committing to find it again through publishing a post weekly on Wednesdays. Since that final week of January 2022, I've only missed 10 of the total 52 weeks. That's a smidge less than 20% (19.2% for all you nerds out there) which I think is excellent news. While I'm not going to quantify consistency, especially my own, by any means, I think knowing I wrote a little ...
writer's life
Taking Inventory
I graduated, but it didn’t feel like quite the accomplishment. Perhaps that’s from my own lack of personal emphasis. My husband even got mad at me when I told him we wouldn't be attending, but I had my reasons, none of which were because I didn't want to go. Except leading up to the event, I wondered if I had made the right choice. I’ve been struggling these past few weeks with the dreaded oscillation of hating my day job but liking being able to pay for things. Holiday season makes it ...
A Retrospection
This coming Saturday, I will be graduating. Not from university. I diverted from that traditional path long ago. Rather, I will be graduating from the certificate program I have shared with you here, the written storytelling one at the Woodneath Story Center. Though I won't be in attendance (it's Shabbat), and though I still struggle with discussing my being a writer with others (even on this blog), I feel a sense of accomplishment that perhaps I need to give more attention to than I ...
WOMS: Everyone Has What It Takes
Please note: this post may contain affiliate links for products I recommend. If you make a purchase through these links, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. If I had been browsing through the shelves at a bookstore, I'm not sure I would have chosen William Kenower's Everyone Has What It Takes to purchase and take home, to curl up with later by the fire. For my usual readers, you know how I favour fiction. It's ...
Empty Creativity
Once again, I have not been as attentive to my blog, and for that I’m sorry. Mostly because instead of musings, my mind has been swimming with new information as I relearn how to do a job I performed for over six years, but in a new jurisdiction. (That and figuring out my new schedule now that I can’t go grocery shopping Friday mornings since I have to be at work again. Gah, I miss my Fridays…) It’s complicated, messy, sifting between what I know—i. e. what is habit—and what is new; ...
