Lately it seems like everything I do here involves a trip down memory lane. Which would make sense, I guess, given that I spent nearly a decade of my life here in Minneapolis. Except that it was a decade ago, as well. So much has changed in my life since I left. But so [...]
Entries from August 2009
August 4, 2009
Writing as Exercise (Plunge Like There’s No Tomorrow)
It’s Day 2 of my new, nearly-daily posting habit. Or maybe it’s Day 1, since I skipped a day and just basked in the glow of having written one post. Don’t you need to do something 30 days in a row to form a new habit? Oh honey, you got a ways to go.
At any [...]
August 2, 2009
Practice Makes Perfect?
Lately I’ve been wondering why, if I think I’m some kind of writer, I don’t write on a very regular basis. As in, sitting down every day to practice, like I used to practice the piano.
I know why. I get bogged down mentally by the Should Do List:
I should clean my house. I should design [...]
