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Category Archives: Personal
What Silences Me?
Happiness silences me. When I’m content, I usually feel less desire to write. Certainly less desire to write about myself. As a kid, I stopped writing a diary when adults repeatedly read it. When I feel squelched, stuffed, stifled, when … Continue reading
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What Do I Want To Keep And Discard From My Childhood?
I was sitting in Starbucks today and made this list: What do I accept from my upbringing? The importance of God, ethics, religion, community, books, education, travel, friends, not swearing, color-blindness. I also continue to abstain by habit from meat, … Continue reading
The Popular Image Of 12-Step Programs
In her 1997 book Twelve Step Programs: A Contemporary American Quest for Meaning and Spiritual Renewal, Ann Marie Minnick writes: “…the popular image of Twelve Step Programs as addiction-centered, victim-producing, and narcissism-generating”… That has not been my experience of such … Continue reading
My Greatest Fears And Desires
My greatest fear is drowning. Not being able to breathe. My greatest desire is sexual oblivion. Losing myself completely in union with another person. Release. Drained. Sated. Free from my incessant longing. My greatest fear is heaviness. My greatest desire … Continue reading
Gorgeous Stories!
I’ve been taking writing classes since the fall of 2009 with Beyond Baroque‘s Artist-in-Residence, Terrie Silverman (CreativeRites.com).
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