If Necessary, Use Words
Words are my stock in trade. They are a necessary and integral part of how I make my living as a writer and editor. But, sometimes, I also intentionally don’t use words. Words are definitely not my central method of communication when we visit our friend at the Eloy...
A Focus on Paradox in the New Year
Welcome to 2019! The year is less than a week old and already I’m encountering a paradox. Last Sunday I shared how I spent 2018 coming to terms with the continued shift in focus of my business—with less spiritual guidance and retreat leadership and more writing and...
NaNoWriMo and the Perspective of Others
Are you familiar with NaNoWriMo? It’s a virtual challenge group that encourages and supports people who want to write a 50,000-word novel over the course of the month of November. Last year, over 400,000 people around the world participated. It’s mindboggling! The...
Pit Stops on the Road of Life
On our summer road trip, we naturally made quite a few pit stops. The origin of that term has to do with the center pit around a race track, where cars would periodically leave the race to refuel and otherwise be serviced. Most of our pit stops were similar. We needed...
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