The speed-reading bookworm cliché I read at a snail’s pace for someone who likes books so much. The stereotype of a bookworm is somebody who drops a book from standing height and reads the entire thing before it hits the ground, letting the wind flutter the pages at lightning speed. A. is like that. She […]
[Continue reading] about In Support of Reading SlowlyBooks Fund – How It’s Going
The Fund A few months ago, I set up a Books Fund. Affording the little luxuries is something we’ve been able to do a bit more over the past few years. But, I’m still a student, and a few books do make a dent in our budget. (Well, maybe more than a few…) My goal is […]
[Continue reading] about Books Fund – How It’s GoingCommitting to Play: Tapping Creativity
The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time. – Mary Oliver If you let it, the chaff of life will crowd out your true purpose. Without conscious curation, life falls onto […]
[Continue reading] about Committing to Play: Tapping CreativityTop Reads… Summer 2021 Edition
Some books are good enough to recommend to friends, others you’re happy to forget. A handful are so good that you can’t contain yourself when someone you know would love it, confesses they haven’t read it. “I can’t believe you haven’t read it. You must read it, tonight. I will be calling with questions,” you […]
[Continue reading] about Top Reads… Summer 2021 EditionLeave Unfinished Projects in the Drawer
Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it’s because it is hard. William Zinsser, On Writing Well Almost everything I’ve ever written will never be […]
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