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Confluence: Yarn, Knitting, and Barbara Kingsolver
Well, here we are. This is my first non-Close Reading blog post (not counting quotes and albums) in a really long time. Life has been a bit of a winding road. That started at the end of 2015 and...
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Haiku and Thoughts
My words flow freely Through time and space and sadness Like sand through fingers I don’t exactly remember when I wrote this haiku. I do know that it’s ironic, because, currently, the words aren’t...
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On Positivity in Daily Life
The last couple of years have been a really long journey for me in shedding the baggage picked up from various parts of my life. This year in particular, I’ve tried to adjust my mode of thinking to...
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Ursula K. Le Guin – The Dispossessed Quote
“It is the nature of the idea to be communicated, written, spoken, done. The idea is like grass it craves light, likes crowds, thrives on crossbreeding, grows stronger from being stepped on.” Ursula K....
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On Unreasonable Expectations
Someone asked me, “Who hurt you?” I replied, “My own expectations.” I can’t find an attribution for this quote, so if anyone knows where it originated, please pass it along to me to include, but it...
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The Drawing of Three (Dark Tower II), Stephen King Quote
People like Henry always came back, because people like Henry did know how to use. First they changed trust into need, then they changed need into a drug, and once that was done, they–what was Eddie’s...
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On Loss and Mourning
Last night, after a couple of lengthy and very cathartic conversations with two incredibly different and yet equally strong and compelling women, I broke down and wept. Earlier that evening, I was...
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Wizard and Glass (Dark Tower IV) Quote
No need to live in trouble until trouble comes. ~ Roland, Wizard and Glass (Dark Tower IV), Stephen KingFiled under: Quotes, Writing Tagged: amreading, dark tower iv, quote, Quotes, stephen king,...
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Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. ~ Nora Ephron
Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. ~ Nora EphronFiled under: Personal, Quotes, Storytelling, Writing Tagged: feminism, heroine, inspiration, life, nora ephron, quote
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On Other Worlds than These
I have been blazing through the rest of the Dark Tower series by Stephen King these last couple of weeks. I took a long break after reading The Gunslinger earlier this year. I’m on book seven now, and...
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