Category Archives: wildness

The Road

Posted on September 12, 2011 by
Posted in field trip, road trips, truth, Why write, wildness, writing | 2 Comments

Wordless Wednesday: baby tat

Posted on June 29, 2011 by
Posted in kids, wildness, Wordless Wednesday | 6 Comments

Pastiche

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

In November, I began experimenting with scent memory and the effects of different musical styles to get me in the mood. Then there was a great and heavy sigh from my inner critic when I finally told her off, that … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, memoir writing, memory, muse, music, wildness, writing | 8 Comments

Which way does your writing heart beat?

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

I don’t know if I can get this out fast enough before losing the string, it has all been pestering me for the longest time, but I didn’t know how to define it. A few weeks ago, I was graced … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Saved, truth, Why write, wildness, writing | Tagged , , , , | 14 Comments

The temperamental muse

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

I call her Leela, she was alive long before Futurerama, crashing her mason jars to the ground. Leela is my muse, a vivid thing in tantrums looking old and young. A feral ghost tamed with music or scent, Leela writes … Continue reading →

Posted in wildness, writing | 4 Comments

Throw me Thursday: The Mosh Effect

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

Yeah, well. I was going to spend the night at Trin’s but, her mom got mad with all of us already over there and we were making too much noise she said, so Trin could go out until 1 am, … Continue reading →

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Unequivocal

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

We are waiting for a storm. The winds are high and warm, all the spring birds sing a frantic chirrup as if playing chase in the voice of little girls. Then it quiets, cars are missing from the streets, the … Continue reading →

Posted in coffee, Dance, kids, music, Self-Reliance, truth, wildness | 13 Comments

Pause

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

We lost an old friend recently. His funeral was yesterday. While I certainly didn’t know him as well as many others I’m close to, there is a significant part of my story that has been altered. It’s hard to notice … Continue reading →

Posted in friendship, music, relationships, truth, wildness | 7 Comments

Throw me Thursday: Great Blue Heron

Posted on February 5, 2011 by

I wrote a good two-thirds of this story last night and it wasn’t working. At all. So I tossed it. Tonight I gave it another go. “Great Blue Herons” was suggested by @MariAdkins (Mari Adkins) It takes me to the … Continue reading →

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Throw me Thursday: Ugly Free

Posted on December 2, 2010 by

@JulesJeffs sent me this video of Janis Joplin. (Julie’s blog) There is only one story I can write when I hear Joplin.  It’s about the summer I started reading Kerouac and Dostoevsky and cheating on my boyfriend and smoking pot.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Saved, Self-Reliance, Throw me Thursday, truth, wildness | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments