I’m currently in the midst of rewriting and finally completing a young adult novel for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writer’s Month) that I first started 10 years ago. Yikes-I know, I can’t believe it’s been that long either! As a story first begun in an informal YA (Young Adult) fiction writing class (that I found here on LJ actually), further ( Read more... )

So, I'm going to see what it feels like writing in this space again. Well, on Dreamwidth, anyway. You can find my entries under the same username as you find me here. Hope to see some of you there!

To ease back into the LiveJournal world, I rewrote adapted today's subject heading from lyrics by Banks in her song "Begging For Thread." I have always sung the song thinking the lyrics were "But I'm so tired of eatin' all of my unspoken words." This had always resonated with me because there is so much more that I want to say and share with others ( Read more... )

After all these years, I am finally having my first, official yoga play date today. The woman coming over is a person I've met a couple times through other friends of ours, but our most significant interactions have been via social media. She seems like a really cool and smart chick, but we've never spent any one-on-one time together before ( Read more... )

I was reading FB this morning, and an old LJ friend was writing about her recent pattern of talking about her life focusing on what's been going wrong, instead of expressing gratitude for the blessings. It resonated deeply with me as yesterday, I finally admitted to the one friend who would understand better than anyone in my life that I have been ( Read more... )

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Another restless night of sleep. This time I was not nervous and excited for another day to prove myself in a new, promising and lucrative position worthy of my talents and skills. No, last night I was heart sick, head sick, exhausted, in utter disbelief. What seemed like to most promising thing to have happened in my career thus far was narrowly ( Read more... )

My heart is so heavy with the news that one of the loveliest souls I met through LJ has ended her life. Years ago, when we had the chance to meet in person, I knew her burden was heavy even then, but she radiated with courage, love and wisdom; beautiful- inside and out ( Read more... )

Welcome back, Morning Pages! Oh how I have missed you so, and not even allowed myself to acknowledge it ( Read more... )

Sorry, I haven't been on LJ for a couple weeks to update you. Instead of writing something new, I'll share with you what I wrote on my health & wellness blog:

While covering a touchy subject, I feel this is important to share, and I wish I had had something like this to read before my procedure. Hopefully it provides helpful information and even a ( Read more... )