Are Goals Different Than Resolutions?
A few months ago, I was talking with my Japanese student, Nozomi, about setting goals. He, in his late 30s, …
Category Archives: Writing
Does Twenty-Five Years in One Place a Home Make?
It was twenty five years ago today that I landed in Oh Canada! with two drugged cats and a not …
Can’t Write? Make Soup
I sat here today for hours and hours and, admittedly, in between numerous games of Free Cell, I wrote unacceptable, …
Writing Should be More Accommodating, Don’t you Think?
Here I am ready to write this week’s blog and nothing’s coming. I missed my Friday self-imposed — reinforced by …
It’s All About The Words
I am sitting here on this quite lovely Sunday afternoon playing with words and not writing them. It is, as …
Old cats can teach us new tricks
I never would have taken Rose, my cantankerous female cat, to be a poetry aficionada. Romance novels would be more …
Ineffectual Sputtering of Words This Sunday Afternoon
I should just throw up my arms, turn off this laptop and say, “That’s it! There are no words to …
A Blank Blog for a Blank Day
There are no words in my head to write this blog today. My mind just doesn’t want to put sentences …
Winter Wonderland It’s Not
It’s real winter here today as opposed to pretend winter. I shouldn’t complain since, in most years I’ve lived here, …
How Could Anyone Plan a Launch Without Lists?
I dream lists. I wake up thinking about lists. I write and rewrite then lose the list I just made …
Annie's Odyssey 