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The idea is to write a book. The book is a collection of letters. A letter to my grandparents, all of whom have passed away. A letter to my 1st grade teacher. A letter to each of my children. A letter to the person who cut me off in traffic. Letters, letters, letters. While it…
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Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, and in all things give thanks. I Thessalonians 5:17 My prayer tonight is one of thanks, Lord. I have had much and I have had little – and I am trying to find contentment in each. I thank You that although I do not see a way to get out…
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Lord, you are the only one who can step into my family’s situation and give us peace. Peace from the fighting. Peace from the blaming. Peace from the hurting. I am not great at apologizing or forgiving – what an awful pair of weaknesses. Help me be better at both. Forgiveness especially. Every time we…
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Lord, I am at the end of myself. I have been here for a while. In church today, Pastor said maybe we ought to start changing our prayers from, “God, I want…” to “God, What can I do for You today?” This hit me – it spoke deep into my soul. Help me get my…
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Today’s prompt on Writer’s Digest was to simply write for 15 minutes – no matter the form or function, the level of completion, or the amount of satisfaction it provides. Among the many challenges for writers who draw distinctions between writing for pleasure and writing for “work” is the ability to drown out the noise.…
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Today’s Writer’s Digest challenge was to write comments about an article on writing. Several options were provided. My comments were regarding Edward Nudelman’s “Poetry, Passion, and Physics,” which I read by judging the title with something like disbelief that poetry and physics could possibly be related in any real way. What I discovered, however, is…
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Today’s Writer’s Digest prompt is to write a love / hate list. In the end, perhaps a couple of items from the love list can be used to overcome a couple of things on the hate list in a poem, short story, or novel. Here is my attempt: Things I Love:My childrenMy churchWritingReadingJournalsPoems, poets, and…
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Write for 15 minutes. That is today’s challenge from Writer’s Digest. I do not understand what is happening to me with this dissertation journey. I feel an enormous amount of pressure to write in a way that is just not natural for me. In a way, this is actually beneficial; I understand how my students…
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Another challenge I have joined is a 12-day writing challenge from Writer’s Digest. Day 1 specifies we write our writing goals for 2026. Here are mine: Write every single day. Complete my dissertation. Submit a poem a month in Writers Write 12 Poems challenge. Submit a short story six times this year in Writers Write…
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What business of a poet is it to watch an entire weekend of NFL football games. Even as I write this post, I am keenly aware that next weekend is arguably the best weekend of the entire NFL season – Wildcard Weekend! In many ways, this weekend is so much better than even Superbowl Weekend…
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Letters and The Word 