Every Wednesday morning at 10 AM, my friend Corinne and I meet virtually to write for an hour. We meet across Zoom with our cameras on and write. We are “accountability partners” as they say. The problem is, I don’t like the term accountability partners. To me, it brings up a vision of teachers wagging…
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Last week I met with a few of my friends and left the get together feeling very naive and uninformed. I felt so childish compared to them; the way they spoke, the depth of the conversation, their views on things… They seemed so successful, so prosperous in all that they did. Compared to them, I…
Read moreAnger and Frustration
I sit at the window, watching nature as she mourns. The sky is overcast, yet it is not raining. It is as if the sky is sad beyond tears. Nature reflects my mood; heavy and depressed. Is there any ray of hope? Is there any place or time in the future where we can be…
Read moreMy Morning Pages
The beginning of the week, early in the morning, sitting with a chai and my Morning Pages notebook. My morning pages are really important to me. They anchor me. They calm me down and give clarity to my days. The days I skip writing, my days go for a toss. I am confused and bewildered…
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