I just trashed a bunch of stuff from this blog and also a few pages that I had to add to this site. Why? I’m quitting, Yes, I quit. I have to. I found out, unfortunately, that I am not on a healthy path, and part of it means I need to start this blog […]
Category: letting go
Waiting for the School Bell
As I write today, I realize why my moods have been introspective, and I have had to fight the Bad Critic when I thought I have been experiencing a reprieve. I woke up Sunday morning, and like two big globs of dark jelly, depression hit me hard in the face. There’s no reason for this, […]
Changes: Personal
Never think you are too old to have big changes happen to you! Ten years ago, I left the teaching assignment and school in which I thought I would stay “forever.” (Insert Big Change) A few weeks ago, I left a second school. (Insert Big Change) Two years ago, I had my personal life turned […]
Natalie Goldberg: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Natalie’s book is in it’s thirtieth year. I started to read it a long time ago, but she wanted the reader to write, and I wasn’t ready to. Sounds stupid, but that was me. I have pushed back against this force inside of me that is tempered by the Bad Critic, the force that is […]
