The Tangled Path

Only a breath away

loss and the beloved dead

Apr 25 • 

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Creating at the pace you breathe

slowing down to move forward

Apr 11 • 

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March 2024

And then the snow came

Gathering in the mud, shrouding the bleak grass, white sparks vanishing into the black river. The ice, as if suddenly remembering, breathed itself…

Mar 28 • 

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The winter that wasn't

It is a commonly accepted fact that I basically live in Narnia (without the fauns, but I bet someone could track down a talking beaver if they put in a…

Mar 13 • 

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February 2024

What is yours will wait for you

holding ideas like stars

Feb 25 • 

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It works!

further adventures with my writing process

Feb 1 • 

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January 2024

Wandering a twilit wood

this one's for the writers amongst you

Jan 15 • 

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December 2023

A giveaway, and a look back

Today we have a giveaway, and a 2023 retrospective. Giveaway! In celebration of the holidays, and as a thank-you to all the subscribers here, I’m doing…

Dec 23, 2023 • 

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Ceasefire

Here in the tall pines, contentment gathers like the snow that laces the branches. The snow softens our footsteps, muffles our noise. We know where we…

Dec 13, 2023 • 

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The river that never ends

creativity, resistance, and jumping in

Dec 4, 2023 • 

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November 2023

Gratitude for the sweet moments

I used to think that I only needed to bother marking the big things in life with big gratitude. Achievements, career moments, relationships, life…

Nov 27, 2023 • 

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The importance of secret projects

I wasn’t supposed to do it. I’d been saying for days that I needed to work on “my book”—a.k.a. the novel that I have been revising/rewriting. I am…

Nov 20, 2023 • 

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