Word-Play: Cooking Up Joy

I’ve been reading a book on the craft of writing by James Scott Bell (a terrific writer who’s work I admire) – which suggested that each morning’s discipline might start with a word-play exercise of ‘free-writing’ (quick rambles with no editing allowed). For inspiration, the author shared a strategy, which I call ‘magic-dictionary’. He suggested […]

Choosing Love

I believe – with all my heart – that love is a choice. It’s a deliberate, conscious, endlessly repeated choice that must be made daily, hourly, and even (sometimes) minute-by-minute. Love can be fun, peaceful, scary, joyous, painful, effortless, or tiresome hard work – at different times, within the same context. It is the most […]