If my life in books counted off the page, I could boast quite a social life. My diverse bibliodiet of fact and fiction includes Pulitzers I study, tracing the contours of the words for clues to their savoir-faire. Best thing is when I fall in, pestled upon a page of genius. I feel ridiculous. Don’t… Read More Writing: A Hermit’s Journey
I imagine people don’t know what a recluse I am. I socialize at church and in the homeschool gatherings stand tall, take initiative, make announcements. My parents, struggling to piece together a life in a country where they were Other, taught their little girl to write large and speak loudly. That’s me in the school… Read More I Hear Voices
Mr: So if I start blogging would you proof my posts and promote my site? Mrs: *Disbelief* You gotta build your own readership. Mr: Hey, being married to the Holistic Wayfarer must come with benefits. I provide the house you live in. Mrs: I gave you Tennyson. *Wild card never fails* Mr: I contributed half.… Read More Ruthless Blogger
I noticed something about the colors of the words that streamed from my head when I started blogging two years ago. The spectrum had many light, bright hues. Looking back at the single young woman from this side of time, I was a little startled at the levity in the beloved writing that I had… Read More The Writing Process: Color
this epicurean sea of wildflowers and opus white blossoms stirs beneath a rising day she spills seminal secrets as the bees and winds drive pollen grains and promise past the velvet parting into stigma and style with the marksmanship of knowing. this field, voluminous womb, awash with prose drinks the sun that climaxes overhead. a… Read More field of words
I don’t like having more than one of anything. It feels wasteful. I mean, one hairbrush will do. My wedding dress and cake had no decorations, no ribbon or flower. Nothing. In my day-to-day, I map out the most efficient route for errands. Lose time and you’ve lost the irretrievable. It hit me that the… Read More I Enjoy Stripping
Calling all readers! Yes you, if you want. Tell me about a moment when you were happy, so happy you could hardly see straight. You couldn’t have been happier if you’d won the Lottery. A few months into the blogging last year, I realized truth and beauty were what I was drawn to exploring on… Read More Open Floor: Join Us For Happy Hour
He’s come to expect a lot from me on this board. “You’re not Shakespeare and not everyone’s going to wow all the time but once in a while you hit these home runs.” Gee. Thanks, Husband. Comments closed.
This post is for parents, bloggers, Facebookers, anyone who’s stuck a foot out on Cyberland. In our talk about belonging, we seemed to think in terms of the social Haves and Have-nots. Many of you spoke of the self-consciousness of often feeling on the fringe. Some shared you were too fat or too this or… Read More Your Place in the Virtual Revolution
1. You laugh and cry with people you’ve never met. And if anyone tells you they’re not real friends, you know which friend is on his way out. 2. You feel like a superhero. Not because you’re out at night saving the world but because you have this whole other identity, a life some friends… Read More Seven Signs You’re a V.I.P. Blogger
A Holistic Journey 