A Simple Approach to a Beautiful Life
From the monthly archives:
I’ll never forget the first time I saw the footage of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. I was having a beer at a local sports bar with Mr. Right. My heart! It was tearing out of my chest as the plumes of oil puked into the sea. I wanted to stand on the [...]
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“You don’t sit down to form a poem. It forms you.” I took notice of this line in Bright Star, a movie inspired by the biography of John Keats, the last born of the English Romantic poets. His advice on poetry was for Fanny Brawne, a lover, muse and poetry pupil. While most of us don’t [...]
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Day jobs are a lot like lovers. In the beginning, there’s the wooing, the passion, the thrill of something new. As time passes in a not-right working relationship, passion gets replaced with just making it through another day. You’re paying for parking instead of the other way around. The bathroom isn’t even close to your [...]
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My friend Jeffrey posted this little gem of advice: “Don’t make blogging your life. First, go out and live.” It resonated with me because, well, blogging is a big part of my life right now. I love it, but the truth is, my life misses me. Its the beautiful question of balance. Where does this [...]
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“Maybe you’ll make it big!” That was one of the last things the Press-Gazette ad director said after I quit my day job. I smiled and thought it over. Yes, maybe. Maybe I’ll go down in history as a “great writer.” Maybe they’ll turn my novel into a movie. Maybe everyone will know my name. [...]
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Yes – there are radical ways to save money. But there are also tiny ways that really add up after a year. In fact, they can add up to accomplish really big things, like being able to quit your day job. Here’s 20 ways to save money and become debt free: Toss disposable. Switch to [...]
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It’s official: I’m quitting my day job. My last day is June 18, 2010. For those that don’t know, I was an editor and columnist at the Green Bay Press-Gazette. I headed up a women’s magazine (which I’m happy to say I will continue on a freelance basis), family magazine and weekly home section. It [...]
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Writers tend of have a lot of opinions. I know I do. My ideas about the best way to live are shared on this platform each week, and also in my daily life. The problem I’ve found is this: a blog is something people choose to read. The advice to those in my personal life [...]
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