Our eyes meet and he gives me a head nod and a half smile. Hey, he’s kind of cute. His gray eyes look away from me and glance around the car - taking in the scene but not really looking at anyone in particular - the way regulars on the train generally do. Maybe that’s … Continue reading Curious Commute – Part 3
Photo by Brett Sayles on Pexels.com The Prompt: Describe heaven Trying to describe heaven is a very heavy undertaking. That, coupled with the fact that no one really knows, leads me to take a less serious – yet heartfelt – approach. And so, I’ve modified the prompt. The new prompt: Describe your personal heaven Thinking … Continue reading Dogs and Dreams: A Personal Heaven
Ava For the next several days, I stay in my room expecting the police to come pounding on my door at any minute. I pace around the end of the bed and walk to the window, then back around the bed to the desk, and again back around to the window. To be honest, a … Continue reading Chapter 2 – Still January
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Almost forty years ago, my dad was killed in a multi-car accident on I-94 near Kalamazoo. At the time, I was a 22 year old college student, living in an apartment in Traverse City with my brother. Our kindly - and elderly - neighbor who lived across the hall expressed her … Continue reading It’s Only a Number
Yes, you heard me correctly, The Joy of February. Seven years ago, in one of my first blogs, I wrote about my love for February. This is a recycled and slightly revamped blog. I gave myself permission to do this since it's a 5th Saturday of the month and I am spending the rest of … Continue reading The Joy of February
Tick, tick, tick. The early morning glow of the sun peeks over the top of the trees across the frozen lake. I’m standing in the front bay window rocking from foot to foot. What am I going to do? I glance at the wall clock. The hands tell me it’s five after eight. The pendulum … Continue reading Chapter One – January
I’m sitting on the train after a marathon day at work. My unfocused eyes stare out the window, and I stretch the muscle kink out of my neck. My earbuds crackle and the stress relief podcast I had been listening to dies. Shit. The train squeals to a stop. People funnel towards the door and … Continue reading Curious Commute
A writing prompt is a brief statement, question, word, or even an image that provides a specific topic or starting point to inspire and guide a writer. Prompts can stir either biographical or fictional content. I typically use prompts to inspire fictional content - as in this case - and help me create experiences for … Continue reading Suddenly, a Peacock
“If you rest, you rust.” Helen Hayes Photo by Rana Nur Akpu0131nar on Pexels.com I wrote a blog for five years. Five years! When I started, I wasn’t sure I had enough things to say for five blogs, let alone five years of bi-weekly, sometimes weekly, blogs. It wasn’t the writing that I had hoped … Continue reading Here I Go Again
If you checked in with me last week, you’ll know I was pretty happy about buying a Happiness Journal. Inside it has 300 suggestions for things to do and write about. Yesterday, I spent some time taking a closer look. Write various positive affirmations, compliments you’ve received, and quotes you love on little pieces of … Continue reading Paving the Path to Happiness
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