- formerly Gabbing with Grace
As I head off to Tampa today to work my lil’ tail-feather off for 8 days, I thought it would be incredible to allow my blog to be occupied by a diversity of authors. Today begins the beginning of a new series: When God Speaks {or doesn’t}. I’ve invited 12 gifted writers to share their […]
It took me almost a year to build up the courage to finally share my battle with depression. For many years I lived in POINTLESS shame about it. Eventually, it got worse. I started writing poems about it. I have been exhausted by it. I have wondered if it will ever go away. Last year, […]
****Yes, I am still fasting from blogging. (Currently working hard on my memoir, my sanity =), my house & my marriage). However, I could not keep my new cool writer friend, Enuma Okoro waiting any longer, nor could I keep you lovely folks from hearing about this fantastic book. After this, it’s back to the blog […]
Is it not unbelievable how long it can take to recover after being gone for a week?
Lord, we see a star but what does a star mean? What language does it speak? What song does it sing? And why does it reel when the others hold fast? We’ve studied the signs all our lives. We know the path the lion takes across the sky, the twins, the bear, the man: twisting […]
Lord, I’ve been a fool too wise to hope, too sane to dream my eyes so dim with learning I could only believe what I could see. The witches and the women the poets and the priests the madmen and the beggars they all looked the same to me raving about some other world hidden […]
I just returned from a poetry reading comprised of talented writers from that creative writing class I took last summer. (You can find one of my fave’s here.) It was so inspiring! If you had asked me two years ago if I would enjoy listening to random strangers read their poetry… …the answer would have […]
I can’t believe it’s been 7 months since I last wrote a post about my struggle with depression. It’s been an on-again-off-again-hate-hate relationship depression & I. For the past few weeks we’ve been -unfortunately- joined at the hip. (Which may explain last Sunday\’s tirade of a post. Note to self: depression + blogging DO NOT […]
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