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The Hour of Land: Terry Tempest Williams on the Responsibility of Awe and the Wilderness as an Antidote to the War Within Ourselves – Brain Pickings
“Awe is the moment when ego surrenders to wonder.” — Read on http://www.brainpickings.org/2018/04/12/the-hour-of-land-terry-tempest-williams/
On Beauty
I stand on the edge of a precipice. Physically I stand looking down into an abyss of sea, rocks and sand, hundreds of feet down. It is beauty. It is… Read more On Beauty →
Best Fiction and Writing Blogs
Best Fiction and Writing Blogs Best Fiction and Writing Blogs — Read on mctuggle.com/2018/03/27/best-fiction-and-writing-blogs-44/
Thru the Body
My body is my friend. My body is my temple. I feel my body intensely when I lie in bed, all curled up with a pillow under my head and… Read more Thru the Body →
Sheep
My story SHEEP is being published in the anthology 100 VOICES, volume II Here is a link to the site: Centum Publishing Discount Code is 100V2V48 The anthology is offered in Hard Cover (500) and in Paperback but won’t be available until January 15, 2017 Here is a link to my story: SHEEP
Letter to a Writer Friend
I write (and paint) to create stories that will survive me. I obsess over death, finality, and want to nurture, maintain life. But right now, I feel hurt, frustrated, anxious, and sad. Because I can’t live up to my own standards. And I can’t let go of my standards; I wish I could. I know I want to be in a place that I can relax into and feel good about. That space of creation. But I falter, I resist, I procrastinate and withdraw. I don’t like groups. Writers’ groups, art… Read more Letter to a Writer Friend →
Don’t Quit!
I often wonder why I quit. Quit jobs, quit careers, quit projects. My father taught me perseverance. His mantra was: Don’t quit! I remember when I started the School of Journalism right out of high school and stayed for one year, then flunked several exams and had to quit. He was livid. Never seen him that angry and disappointed. I was sad but really, I wasn’t ready. Is that it? That I’m not ready? I graduated with a master degree after six straight years, through community college and universities. I… Read more Don’t Quit! →
