What's Working
An End of August Update
What’s Working
Reading, with lots of variety. A Sunday writing class and early breakfast. Cooking dinner. Tomato sandwiches. Coffee. Combining fragments for writing. Submissions, The Bradbury Trio Class. Taking clothes I don’t like to Goodwill. Library holds. Cat cuddles. Working on my book proposal. Reframing. Everyday ice cream cake. Marriage.
I’m thinking about
what I want to do for my #last100daysof2023 project. I think I am going to share a writing prompt every day for the last 100 days of 2023 here on Substack.
the crow and full moon tattoo I want to get on my upper left arm.
the wisdom of Joy Harjo in her Poet Warrior memoir.
planning for Iceland.
using Maggie Nelson’s Bluets as a model for notebook entries.
The Pivot Year.
how wonderful my husband is.
I’m cooking:
I’m writing:
Whatever comes.
What’s working for you today? I would love to hear in the comments. Open to all.
<i>Poet Warrior</i> sits in a stack on my desktop for those days when I need inspiration! When I look at the mounting pile, I consider moving it to a shelf, but then, no...How can I give up words like these? "This is how I cam of age, by a tightrope slung between my desires and the desires of others. I was hungry for ritual. Ritual creates belonging..." and I'm off!