Some Alternatives to “Perfect”

Persuasive, not perfect. Meaningful, not perfect. Complete, not perfect. Understood, not perfect. Comprehensible, not perfect. Weird, not perfect. Significant, not perfect. Purposeful, not perfect. Creative, not perfect. Near, not perfect. Lovely, not perfect. Edible,...

What Do Great Blue Herons Think of Themselves?

Lesson is the noun; learn is the verb. All the lessons are present, we just need to figure out what to do with them. Lesson One: The Great Blue Heron My neighborhood has crows, gulls, and pigeons aplenty, along with flickers, starlings, sparrows, robins, woodpeckers,...

How I Got Myself Unstuck Today

What did I come here to learn and what did I come here to teach? They are the same thing. I always learn and teach at the same time. Today I’m teaching and learning how to use writing to get myself unstuck and back on track. Or is that too many things? One thing...
The Sweet Taste of My Own Medicine

The Sweet Taste of My Own Medicine

As someone who works for herself and spends a lot of time alone, I need my business friendships to keep me going. I have a half-dozen friends around the world who support each other, women who are cutting their own paths through the woods and calling out to each other...
Evening Afternoon

Evening Afternoon

By the light through which I can still see the sparkle and blotch of downtown neons blurring and running together like oil in its gutters, light that grabs at the candle wick batting it back and forth, tetherball tethered to a wax upright— even by this light, your...