On Anxiety and Forebodingwhen I see things coming at me that cause me to worry, I don’t see a problem in assuming they…
Processing My Memories and My Feelings About Them Can Take YearsAll this to say, I don’t remember if I consciously quit, or if I just happened to forget that I…
I Am Not Defined by the Shadows That Surround MeI am not defined by what I am not. ‘I am’ is a simple and powerful statement to claim daily…
Little White LiesI did not fear the truth because of your possible reaction; I feared the truth because of my own reaction.…
“You’ll feel like you’re dying, but you aren’t, until you are…”“I don’t try to avoid the pain. I meditate on it. I notice its breadth and depth. I rewrite it…
An Old Witch and A Magic Chair“I remember the smell of the food cooking on the stove; I remember running and laughing though the clumps of…
Writing Through the DarknessThe weekend before Election Day, I went home for the first time in 35 years.…