Category Writing…essays, nonfiction, poetry & prose

The trauma of failing handwriting as a girl

How’s your handwriting? That is, if you’re not laughing by now…I mean, who writes anything by hand any more? Personally, I wish I never had to, because my handwriting is horrendous, worse than a doctor’s. I suffered early childhood trauma,… Read the full article

Dr. Oliver Sacks & the Healing Power of Music

It was from Dr. Sacks that I first learned about the magical, powerful, emotional and complex impact that music can have on our brains – that music is pre-lingual, that it can reach and stimulate areas of feeling and communication… Read the full article

Studies have shown that writing about oneself and personal experiences can improve mood disorders, help reduce…

Studies have shown that writing about oneself and personal experiences can improve mood disorders, help reduce…

Lying under the Siena Sky

Lying heremy body feels like the Bell Tower in the Palazzo PubblicoStretching upwardto fly through the whiteLonging to reach the blueMy body a seed planted a foot beneath the soil,I can see a crack in the cobbled piazza stonesIf I could… Read the full article

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014

My favorite writer has died.

Perhaps that’s why we see so much vitriol online, so many anonymous, bitter comments, so many imprudent tweets and…

Perhaps that’s why we see so much vitriol online, so many anonymous, bitter comments, so many imprudent tweets and…

My connections and friendships with other writers on Google+ are two of my favorite things about this platform.

My connections and friendships with other writers on Google+ are two of my favorite things about this platform.

They told me a long time ago, they didn’t like me and I would never get it.

They told me a long time ago, they didn’t like me and I would never get it.

Morning

Morning

I haven’t read Mason Currey’s Daily Rituals, from which Marnie Hanel created This by That: Writers by Daily Starting…

I haven’t read Mason Currey’s Daily Rituals, from which Marnie Hanel created This by That: Writers by Daily Starting…

“People read with their ears, whether they know it or not.”  – William Zinsser, On Writing Well

“People read with their ears, whether they know it or not.”  – William Zinsser, On Writing Well

Mornin’ my writing friends.

Mornin’ my writing friends.

Good morning, everyone

Good morning, everyone

Greet-Ings…

Greet-Ings…

Of all the books I own – I’m a weirdo who still buys hardcover and paperback books – there are a few short works…

Of all the books I own – I’m a weirdo who still buys hardcover and paperback books – there are a few short works…

Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words. – Mark Twain

Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words. – Mark Twain

I’m rather a bit of a David Carr fan.  Smart, witty (as opposed to funny) and a keenly observant man and good writer.

I’m rather a bit of a David Carr fan.  Smart, witty (as opposed to funny) and a keenly observant man and good writer.

Hi, everyone

Hi, everyone

Good morning, everyone

Good morning, everyone

Good end of business day, everyone

Good end of business day, everyone

It’s dinnertime, at least it is on the East Coast, everyone

It’s dinnertime, at least it is on the East Coast, everyone

For those of you who agree with Socrates…

For those of you who agree with Socrates…

Good morning, everyone

Good morning, everyone

Good morning, everyone…

Good morning, everyone…

Good Sunday morning everyone (again…)

Good Sunday morning everyone (again…)

Good morning,Tweeting authors/writers

Good morning,Tweeting authors/writers

Good evening, everyone

Good evening, everyone

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