I think I nailed the interview. But I’m still dead-dog tired and must go to bed ASAP (and stop waking up involuntarily at 6:18 am, preferably). It’s summer. Can anyone else feel the [...]
Tomorrow I have 15 minutes in front of a panel of 10 administrators from Western North Carolina arts councils to prove that I can walk into any public school in this region and teach virtually [...]
[I can’t really write about the date. But it went well…] Dead-dog tired tonight and a 12-hour day tomorrow, then a residency interview to prepare for on Wednesday that I just found out about. The [...]
IOne must realize that the use of 2nd person is a tool for distancing. Furthermore, via the act of writing, the writer is often released from the peak emotions expressed in the essay. Therefore, [...]
Your friend writes to remind not to sweat the small stuff. She says: “You have been really happy of late, being your single self, writing, hiking, singing, etc.—in that place of not needing a [...]
Hanshi said it. He used the word “purple” in conversation with me tonight. Purple is the belt after green, my current rank. I’d had it in mind that I would be honored to test for it sometime [...]
You decide that groceries for two is not ridiculous. It is optimistic, and that never killed anybody. Furthermore, it is practical for this weekend’s dinner plans between you and said smoocher. [...]
You let yourself think it—that pesky thought that maybe you’d like to date someone again. Two days later, you’re smooching someone on the back steps of your friend’s house, a party raging on the [...]
I’m moving on the tatami again and it feels fantastic. Inhale on preparation, exhale on execution. The fist will seek the centerline at the earliest possible moment. Hands and hands start and [...]
My heart and brain are scattered and tipsy, therefore tonight’s post will be comprised of resources: If I haven’t talked about it enough, Brevity is an online journal of concise literary [...]
