Where has my writing time gone?
As the pandemic shifts, writers navigate the new normal Last week I drove through three states and rode a ferry to visit my father, stepmom, and brother for the first time in what feels like …
Mirror, River, Kayak: Dreaming on the Water
Is this the dream’s appeal: A world hidden below the surface of the one that bobs so self-assuredly above? One so real it topples what we think we know? The lure of a destination we can never quite describe on our return?
There’s a pandemic out there, and my journal is full
Some were counting rolls of toilet paper. I was counting down pages till my notebook was full. The day before Tax Day I ran out of paper in my red, Moleskin journal. I’d known this …
10 pearls of wisdom (mostly) from dreams
In 2020, when the world felt like it was spinning off its axis, I was sustained by the wisdom of friends, family, favorite authors and sages. And reliably, I received sustaining guidance from my dreams. Today I share with you some of that dream wisdom in the hopes that it might serve you, as it has served me.
2020 Hindsight: An Unexpected Adventure
Since the pandemic, people are dreaming more and paying more attention to their dreams.
Fun & Dreams
It’s easy to lose any sense of light-hearted play when the mood around us grows heavy with fear and doubt. As dreamers, we can integrate play into our dreamwork. Here’s how ….
Early Signs
Notes from a dreamer’s past As a child, I’d sit on the kitchen counter, my bare heels tapping the tops of the cabinet doors below, and watch my mother unload groceries from stiff paper bags. …
When Waking Is Stranger than Dreams
Falling asleep … and not … in stressful times They say truth can be stranger than fiction, and these days our waking reality can feel more surreal than our dreams. We enter the grocery stores …
Dreaming in Place
These days, when my car sits parked in my driveway for days on end, and when I spend nearly all of my time inside my house to keep myself and others safe during the Covid-19 pandemic, my dreams have been hunkering down close to home, too.
Throw Your Phone in the Ocean and other Cures for Writer’s Block
Besieged by a bottomless inbox Earlier this winter it was clear that my plate was full. No, it was overflowing with projects! Luckily, I had booked a trip to Puerto Rico to attend a writer’s …