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It’s sunny and I am beside myself in the Ingles grocery store parking lot. The light is almost perfect, a thin, buttery yellow warm enough to melt the winter blues. Cars pass by slowly and I [...]

Good news, folks! I have been asked to interview for part-time work at the French Broad Chocolate Lounge in Asheville, NC this coming Monday. I have been known to write in the very blog, in fact, [...]

I am slowly finding my way back to steady meditation practice. It feels like the slowest movement on the planet, but it’s movement nonetheless. I have a new meditation instructor after being [...]

Bright yellow daffodils and budding buckeyes. Brilliant sunlight and a barrage of birds. Bubbling springs and a bounce in my step. The bard owl hoots and the beagle bellows. Businesses re-open. [...]

Hiking down the mountain to retrieve my mail, I had a realization: I think I have applied for enough jobs, residencies, and fellowships for the time being. Hiking back up the mountain, I had a [...]

Today I worked on website updates, including a new author and main page pic, new sidebar announcements, and new publication news. Enjoy!

My schedule as a newly, fully self-employed writer has been roughly that of a school day. Work from 8am-12noon on freelance writing and Lost Crossings related work. Sometimes this is business-y [...]

Redbeard says he’s falling in love with me and I say no, No. We cannot do this. Oh, the coin of love is so startlingly two-sided. I have never before been in this position, nor is it one I am [...]

Bear with me, please. I am breaking up with Redbeard and I received a shitty email from my former employer this afternoon. Also, the house was shown today. The potential buyer was my age and had [...]

(I promise I won’t always write about physical fitness and martial arts. I’m just on a “kick.”) Here goes my third round of self-designed training since I started late [...]