SHE KNOWS AND THAT’S ALL SHE NEEDS TO KNOW — Sue J. The air is thick with an aroma of sticky sweet orange blossoms. Bees dizzy themselves around thousands of her white satin petals whose succulent centers glisten in the morning sun. She welcomes her pollinating lovers, inviting them to drink till their hearts are … Continue reading
Be yourself. Sing your song. Find someone who’ll sing along. Be yourself, for you’ll see. Yourself is the only one to be. — Sue J. Keeping it simple today. Love the video and despite a tone of occasional despair, the melody lifts us up to a hopeful place. Hope today is hopeful for you. If … Continue reading
Dad always said if you jumped out one window of his shack of a home, you’d land in West Virginia; if you jumped out the other, Maryland. I’m looking out the window of a Southwest Airline plane and am passing over what are boundaries of states… undetectable to the naked eye. Invisible property lines of … Continue reading
Every day, I get a little bit closer to my ideal life. I wake each day and take a step in the direction of my dreams. Some days, I stumble. Other days, I outright fall. But EVERY DAY, I take a step, and it gets me closer. When I pursue something that resonates deeply in … Continue reading
When nothing seems to be going on, stuff still happens. Hello, dear ones! My apologies for being absent, but I’ve been over my head with projects and commitments. I have been in the midst of taking three online classes, sinking my teeth into courses on grammar, editing, and technical writing. I’m really trying to pave … Continue reading
On a daily basis, I neglect to do the one thing I wish to do: write. I’m not talking about my usual writing–blog essays, grant proposal narratives, technical writing–I’m talking about REAL writing–creative writing. The very thing that stirs my soul is the very thing I give the LEAST amount of time to during my … Continue reading
Early last week, I wrote a blog post about authenticity as part of my BASIC NEEDS series, only to have gotten a very negative review almost immediately afterwards. I took a whole different approach to writing it vs. the other posts of my series thus far on BASIC NEEDS. I was looking forward to writing … Continue reading
