Changing things up two months later Can you say, “Squirrel?!” Shiny syndrome is real, you guys. It’s been fun, Substack, and you’re a really cool platform, but I’m finally verbalizing what I want and jumping off the bandwagon. Still want to follow along? Have no fear! Sign-up here to read my email newsletter Postcards. You can expect: At … Continue reading Ch-ch-ch-changes
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The Darling Files // Behind the Scenes of my First-ever Inktober
The one where I share my work-in-progresses that took time and space and a piece of my heart and soul and mind to create.
Fare Thee Well, Ogres*
I have said “goodbye” and “see you later” and hugged many people tight many times in the past eight months, with more that happened this month. I’ve been mentally preparing to goodbye to some favorite humans officially since last fall, all of us thinking we’d have a year left—I started thinking of lasts and presents … Continue reading Fare Thee Well, Ogres*
Finding Cozy
Upon writing this, Ant and I took a walk today in 60-something-degree weather. We wore t-shirts and opened our windows before we left...Upon returning home, the windows remained open and I walked around the house barefoot for the rest of the afternoon. When I first read through this month's inspiration for the theme, I had images of Ant and I playing in the snow (during our Bermuda Triangle week), the Christmas light glow, and wearing slippers and favorite pajama pants... As I write this, we've closed the windows and I've put my socks back on. I'm at the dining room table, soaking up the last of the light from the day. (I'm so thankful the light is still around at 5:36pm.) I do have a light blanket over my lap and I'm wearing a light cardigan that I bought at Goodwill a couple weeks back. But I don't' feel cozy, maybe just comfortable...The cats certainly have cozy figured out..."
Confidence Lately
Noticing what confidence looks like in my life lately through this month's blog hop theme.
Marking Time
"I hold on to dates like others hold onto pictures and ticket stubs and brochures. I hold onto those too, but dates mean something entirely different for me. I remember the dates of important conversations, when I started counseling, birthdays, anniversaries. It's a common phrase in our household for me to start a conversation with, 'Oh! A year ago today we...' I put the date on Everything."
Of Dice and Cats
Last Tuesday night I couldn’t sleep, so I got out of bed at 11 and wrote at my desk until I felt tired. I made very few corrections to this piece, just added connecting phrases that make it flow better. I need to start remembering that June is a busy month for us. The weekend … Continue reading Of Dice and Cats
haiku day 1: through the window
Day 1 of the January 2021 round of the 30 Day Haiku Project
Back Where We Started, a poem
A nighttime poem, written in a moment, about that moment, trying to make a way back to creativity and words.
Story Behind the Poem // day 22
Day 22 "lessons from quarantine" here, today, right now the only moment we have i'm embracing it This one came to me while putting away today's second load of laundry. How do you wrap up an entire 157 days worth of lessons in 17 syllables? And let's be honest, I haven't been learning this entire … Continue reading Story Behind the Poem // day 22
Mrs. Writer 