A Writer’s Road: To Mask or Not To Mask

I feel compelled to write about the coronavirus, even though it is not the sort of topic I would normally include in my blog posts. I left the US for my annual two-month stay in SE Asia on February 6. The virus already existed but seemed to be contained to mainland...

A Writer’s Road: The Effect of Teaching Poetry

Many writers teach. My teaching has taken on a life of its own and led me to found the international non-profit called Writing Through. We’ve accomplished a great deal over the five years of our existence, now working in Cambodia, Vietnam and Singapore. Happily,...

A Writer’s Road: How To Be Creative

Being creative and what to do with your creativity is something I think about and talk about quite a lot. But even before you start thinking about the ‘how’ , you have to believe that you are creative in the first place. People often say to me, ‘Oh,...