Low Tide

Salt thick drips beneath the pier dark wet hangs in air humid with seaweed exhausted and driftwood damp parts, body, of crabs eaten recently left by birds pirate who gorge themselves crabbing out of season without license barnacles shake themselves from nose to tail...

13 steps to creating a writing-centered life

Whenever possible… 1. Write. 2. Count everything you write as writing. 3. Write everything that you write as well as you can. 4. Carry writing tools with you. 5. Journal your way through difficult times. 6. Keep your favorite bits of writing in a findable,...

this time love came softly in

this time love came softly in sitting with my broken heart   last time she showed up with tea when I was reading   she arrives beside fear to demand safe space   to fully feel it   and I’ve noticed you and I, friend, summon her while playing   sharing a game, a...

What you create joins you: nine great times to create

This post is dedicated to my new friend Joey Gray, who told me upon our very first meeting this week that, at age 43, it’s high time I move past my stubborn insistence on always being the learner in the room and never, ever, the teacher. Here’s what I’ve learned about...