A Writer’s Road: Pandemic Prompts

It’s easy to think that all this isolation will breed all sorts of writing. The sparks of creativity might be there, but do you have the energy, both physically and mentally, to actually act on those sparks? I know that I have only been able to focus on writing...

A Writer’s Road: Living Without Assumptions

Spoiler Alert: This post has more questions than answers. Those of us who have flirted around the edges of Buddhism, or have downloaded a meditation app or two, have come across one pervasive truism: everything changes. During this present pandemic, this seems truer...

A Writer’s Road: Reading in the Time of Corona

A Shelf of Trollopes I have to be careful with what I read right now. The news, social media, all the incoming information and non-information threatens to overwhelm me. We all react differently to the stressful situation we find ourselves in. Some people need to know...

A Writer’s Road: To Wear a Mask, Reconsidered

en route back to the US from Cambodia Back in February of this year, I was en route to my annual 2-month stay in Cambodia to work with my team at Writing Through. It is a part of the year which I always anticipate with great excitement, not only because it allows me...

A Writer’s Road: Your Brain on Art

Those of us who spend time working in the arts, specifically creating new art – be it written, musical, visual – know instinctively that our brains work differently. We know that the hours of learning and practice have helped to develop areas of our brains...