I Choose

NaPoWriMo 2022 // Day 4 I choose a messy house. Crumbs collecting along baseboardsoccasional cobwebs drapingthe cornersdishesand more dishesand still more,a never-ending stream of dirty or dryingdisheson the countertops. I choose a messy houseand a sticky floorand sitting outside on the porch stepsin the middle of a springtime dayto seize the sunlight. I choose a … Read more

Five Minute Friday: City

Every Friday, I spend five minutes or so writing on a word prompt from the Five Minute Friday community. Then, I hit publish. Good for the writing muscles and for cultivating a playful approach to the writing work that can sometimes be taken oh-so-seriously. seventeen-year-old selves findspace to dance with all the dreams insideon the uneven concrete … Read more

Five Minute Friday: Teach

Every Friday, I spend five minutes or so writing on a word prompt from the Five Minute Friday community. Then, I hit publish. Good for the writing muscles and for cultivating a playful approach to the writing work that can sometimes be taken oh-so-seriously. tangledtogether our fingers swingin the breeze as we make the routine trekto the … Read more

Five Minute Friday: Savor

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Every Friday, I spend five minutes or so writing on a word prompt from the Five Minute Friday community. Then, I hit publish. Good for the writing muscles. Like most words chosen at the beginning of 2020, mine seemed ironic by the year’s midpoint.How do you “savor” a pandemic? Loneliness? Thousands of deaths?You don’t, of course.You savor … Read more