Writing – Page 2 – Choosing This Moment

But Not the Hippopotamus

Posted: October 31, 2016 Under: Writing

By Jenn 2 Comments

This post is a part of my “Board Book Beauty – Savoring the small as I read to my toddler” series. To see all of the posts in the series, go here. I read Sandra Boynton often. Multiple times a day often. We have many of her books, and all of them are delightful, but But Not … Continue reading "But Not the Hippopotamus"

Board Book Beauty – Write 31 Days Challenge

Posted: September 28, 2016 Under: Writing

By Jenn 2 Comments

In the past week, I’ve listened to two different podcasts stressing the importance of writing daily and a third suggesting that those who claim “I don’t have time” as an excuse really mean “I don’t want it badly enough.” In the past week, I’ve read several different articles and blog posts that emphasize making time … Continue reading "Board Book Beauty – Write 31 Days Challenge"

Blackberries, Part III

Posted: September 07, 2016 Under: Family and Parenting

By Jenn 1 Comment

Summer comes, and with it, blackberry season. We had a wet winter – or rather, a normal one that seemed wet after so many years of drought – and, though the summer has been dry, the fruit hangs heavy on the vine there at the bottom of our property, at the spot where the tiny … Continue reading "Blackberries, Part III"

Take That, Resistance

Posted: April 26, 2016 Under: Writing

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The sun blazed white against a blue backdrop this morning when we woke. Jonathan opened the blinds in our bedroom and the rays flared into my eyes, unhampered by the puffy clouds that skittered across the sky. “Bwight!” Katie exclaimed, squinting up at him. “Bwight, Daddy!” He laughed, then apologized, pulling the cord to cast us … Continue reading "Take That, Resistance"

Images of Grandmommy

Posted: January 18, 2016 Under: Family and Parenting

By Jenn 1 Comment

I recently found an image of my husband’s grandmother stashed away, hidden on some forgotten corner of my hard drive. I was purging; after years of simply dragging and dropping files from my camera to my computer without bothering to sort, I had many gigabytes of mediocre pictures needing to find a home in the … Continue reading "Images of Grandmommy"

On Writing and Community

Posted: October 30, 2015 Under: Loving Others

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I’m thinking about writing, and reading about writing, and listening to podcasts on writing. I’m writing, and editing, and writing some more. With my fiction course in full swing and NaNoWriMo right around the corner, it seems every spare moment is given over to the craft of stringing words together, of making them sing. I am … Continue reading "On Writing and Community"

Why I Write

Posted: October 27, 2015 Under: Loving God

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I was flipping through the library’s copy of the 2013 Writer’s Market, hoping and failing to find the perfect home for a short story I’d written, when I came across the following line: “I started [this magazine] so that a century from now, when people read it in landfills or, preferably, libraries, they’ll say, ‘Gee what a great time … Continue reading "Why I Write"

Giving and Receiving

Posted: October 21, 2015 Under: Loving Others

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I’ve realized, as I’ve spent more and more time on this online fiction course I’m taking, that I will only get as much out of it as I put into it. Which is common sense, of course, only obvious. A lesson I should have learned long ago, for it is true of most everything in … Continue reading "Giving and Receiving"

Small Steps Forward: NaNoWriMo and Perspective

Posted: October 19, 2015 Under: Writing

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After a few weeks of debating, of hemming and hawing, of going from being excited about a plot idea to wondering why I even think I can write at all, I did it. I logged into my account at NaNoWriMo.org, created in 2013 when I had more time and the need for a therapeutic brain dump of … Continue reading "Small Steps Forward: NaNoWriMo and Perspective"

What Being a Writer – and a Decent Human Being – Is All About

Posted: October 14, 2015 Under: Loving Others

By Jenn 2 Comments

“If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for to the creator there is no poverty and no poor indifferent place.” –Rainer Marie Wilke, Letters to a Young Poet My free moments – those I manage to squeeze into … Continue reading "What Being a Writer – and a Decent Human Being – Is All About"

Choosing This Moment

Finding the beauty in the everyday

Category: Writing

But Not the Hippopotamus

Board Book Beauty – Write 31 Days Challenge

Blackberries, Part III

Take That, Resistance

Images of Grandmommy

On Writing and Community

Why I Write

Giving and Receiving

Small Steps Forward: NaNoWriMo and Perspective

What Being a Writer – and a Decent Human Being – Is All About