I recently started my 16th morning-pages notebook. I’ve been doing morning pages more or less regularly since the end of 2020. Most days,...

The debate about AI has been rending communities apart. My beloved literary community keeps arguing about the use of AI, and the debate...

The story centres around Ruth Jefferson, an experienced African-American labour and delivery nurse who finds herself at the centre of a...

I’ve been reflecting lately on what it takes to be a writer. There are thousands, probably even millions, of people out there who want to...

Every   year , before the beginning of the school year, I set   goals  for myself. At some point quite recently, I realised that I...

On Trust, Tragic heroines, and telling Full disclosure: Lucy (AKA Lizzie Fry) is my mentor . One of the reasons I chose to work with her...

We had the absolute privilege to attend some Olympic events in person this year. First, logistics. It was nice to have the games so close...

I’m at the tail end (under sixty days left) of the year-long meditation course over on Headspace. It has taken me over a year for various...

I took the young people to Israel earlier this summer. I’ve been thinking about writing about the trip here. On the one hand, it’s...

I started working with my mentor, Lucy, in September 2021, when I was a wee baby writer. Until then, I’ve been attending my beloved...

I honestly thought I had written a blog post about what I learned the previous year in July last year. It turns out it was two years ago....

I recently read Josh Kaufman’s The First 20 Hours. When I say read, I mean I diligently read the first three chapters, and when he...

I was telling some writer friends that I was starting a new project when someone asked about my “starting process.” It made me chuckle. I...

This post started with a word trail. I was looking at the roots of the words miner and minor because I thought a miner works underground,...

My love, My, how you’ve grown this year. I say this every year, and every year, it’s true. But this year, I feel like it’s particularly...

I’ve long known I’m a student at heart. I love learning new things. My LinkedIn profile is all over the place. I was a software...

TL;DR: A fantastically slow book about regular people muddling through regular life. What are you waiting for? Go read it. I’m indebted...

During our time in Kyoto, we had the privilege of witnessing a traditional tea ceremony. As I observed the meticulous tea preparation...

Welcome back to the Retrospective Travel Log for our Japan trip. If you missed the first part, here it is. We left our intrepid explorers...

Over the Easter break, we took the young people (12-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy) to Japan for a family trip. We had ten days, and...