In an effort to encourage Little Miss to exercise her writing muscles, I have shared some freewriting prompts for her to use. Unfortunately, the idea of freewriting and blogging is lost on her. She is nervous, hesitant, perhaps a tad bit anxious to bleed on the page – perhaps thinking that she would be criticized…
Tag: writing
Change is Constant
As we near the end of the year, can you tell me what challenges you’ve faced and what changes you’ve experienced for 2022? A few years ago, I had a chat with a young friend who mentioned that he was getting bored with life. He felt that there was nothing interesting left to do and…
November Rain
We’ve come to the end of November, and with it comes the tail-end of 2023. Around this time of every year, I frequently experience fatigue and a slight zombie state of mind. It feels as though I have run a marathon and I am losing speed and losing care that the finish line is appearing….
Drafts
I’ve written entries almost every day for the past week or so. Yet they languish in Drafts. Some are half written, left hanging due to a child screaming for more juice, or a husband who has asked something or other. Drafts. Something akin to blog purgatory, where one sits waiting to be processed. Like those…