On the Sunny, Sunny Side of the Street
I first heard this song performed by Manhattan Transfer on the soundtrack for A League of Their Own (great soundtrack, by the way, with covers by James Taylor (“It’s Only A Paper Moon”) and Billy Joel (“In A Sentimental Mood”), and an original by Carol King (“Now and Forever”), which was nominated for a Grammy [...]
The Flame
Uncut. I have been working these past five days or so on some articles for a new website my writing partner and I are launching. It’s a place to help individuals find that flame that’s burning inside of them that, somehow along the way, was nearly extinguished. Life gets in the way, and if we’re [...]
Just a lot on my mind
I’m definitely in the mood to uncut for just a bit. I miss my ’10 grads. I saw a picture today of one of them, with her UMass friends, looking so forward to classes beginning in the fall. She, like all the others, looks so different already. To think they were in high school just [...]
If Shakespeare Could Do It…
Epiphanies are wonderful things. . . I usually experience them in the strangest of places–red lights, waiting in a grocery checkout lane. No surprise, really. These are times and places where stillness exists. Our brains are so overworked with hectic schedules, multi-tasking, and worries over the economy and other such troubles, we rarely have time [...]
A Tale of Two Writers…
A Tale of Two Writers…. Um…what? I have a dirty little secret that I’m sharing with all of you. Please don’t tell everyone. It’s that important. You see, I’ve decided to come clean on a few things about being a writer. And, for those of you who seek the deeper sides of such things, let [...]
This Is It
I was talking with a very good friend of mine the other day about where each of us will be in our writing careers in 2 years. Without thinking too much about it, we defined our patterns of living that, despite some of our greatest attempts, have not really changed over many more than the [...]
Rus Uncut: The False Promise of Simplicity
This is an uncut blog entry, meaning I have done little to censor the flow of thoughts about the topic of simplicity. Please do not read too deeply into what I say below; in the words of my good friend Larry, “I’m just trying to figure it all out myself.” I remember years ago–perhaps 15 [...]
Saturday, May 30, 2009 (15/365)
Updated 10:31 p.m. Bellatrix is stuck in Oakland, CA. :( I did a Google image search for what life looks like in Oakland, as I have never been there, and here’s what I came up with: Now, I’ve never been to Oakland, so I did a quick fact/stat search of the area…Is it really as [...]
Friday, May 29, 2009 (14/365)
Updated 10:31 p.m. It finally happened. I have been waiting over three years for this day, and here we are. A M A Z I N G. . . . . For those of you who don’t know, I am obsessed with LOST, the tv show on Wednesday nights (well, it used to be on [...]
Sunday, May 24, 2009 (9/365)
Updated 9:47 p.m. Ok. I have no pictures today, and I am really beating myself up over this one. So I’m going to have to be a little more descriptive in bringing this wonderful day to life on virtual paper. :) The morning began with a wonderfully intense writing session on my novel, Cold Rock, [...]
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