Well, it is the end of June and I have completed another month of blogging. I decided early in the year to try an “on again, off again” approach. Originally, the thought…
Category: Blogging
A Week of Satisfying Blog Posts
Today makes twenty days in a row of blogging. I’m glad to say I have been enjoying it, especially in the past week, in which I wrote these satisfying posts: This is…
A Verbal Sculpture Garden I Just Keep Adding To
My last post was from January 31st. At the time, I intended to pause the blog for February only. I ended the post with “See you in March!” Today is June 1st….
Hello, Old Friend
It’s a stormy Wednesday night here in Sacramento. It’s windy out. I almost felt like I was going to get blown over when I got out of the car coming back from…
Thoughts on Blogging, Digital Footprints, and Personal Agendas
Today I got to thinking about why I write my blog. What really is it I’m up to with this? Of course, it would be sufficient just to say that it’s fun…
Thoughts on Blogging and Book-Writing
Working on a full-fledged book for the last nine months has changed my view of writing. Before last year, blog posts were just about the most significant writing I had done,* other…
“The Courage to Be Disliked”
I am reading “The Courage to Be Disliked,” by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga. In it, the authors describe an in-depth conversation between a youth and a philosopher discussing lessons on relationships…
Glutton for Punishment
It’s funny to have posts like this one on here, which echoes how I am feeling tonight: tired and not particularly enthused to write a blog post. And yet here you are,…
Lessons Learned in 2023
Today is January 1st, and I am starting up my blog again (it’s great to be back!). This time, rather than blogging every day, I’m going to try an “on again, off…
Day 365: Don’t Overthink It!
Sophomore slump, writer’s block, paralysis analysis… Whatever you call it, these are examples of creative resistance that result from overthinking. Let’s say you write something good. Or you find yourself working on…