December 2011
8 posts
“I wonder which is preferable, to walk around all your life swollen up with your...”
– Margaret Atwood (via pavorst)
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Back to Bed
I didn’t taste the fruit cup on Christmas morning because I was too busy screwing up the rest of the meal. Turns out the oranges were piercingly tart.
I had it all planned the week before: caramel rolls and eggs benedict for Christmas morning. Then SOMEONE mentioned that caramel rolls were an X-mas tradition in another, previously married life. I, of course, instantly vowed never make...
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Writing for Your Life
I am working like a madwoman. My day job has become a night-and-day job, and though I love it, I’m exhausted. I told myself this would be temporary, this crazy schedule — that it was necessary to build my business and cast my net wide to connect with innovative people, but I am running out of juice.
My biggest problem isn’t the fatigue, though. The biggest problem is that...
“What I don’t write is as important as what I write.”
– Jamaica Kincaid (via pavorst)
“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and...”
– Jack Kerouac (via pavorst)
“Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.”
– Jules Renard (via pavorst)
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How To Be a Published Writer →
I love the clarity of this piece. It relaxes me, somehow, and helps me to feel content with my personal “diligence”.
“Poverty’s child -
he starts to grind the rice,
and gazes at the moon.”
– Matsuo Basho (via moderateclimates)