Fiction vs non and protecting people and privacy while writing. My mother in law used this expression a while back and I found it immediately
Long a$$ rambling tax ‘tip’
Hi Friends, The 2025 tax code allows filers to write off up to 25K in tips as long as their adjusted gross income isn’t above $150,000 ($300,000 if
Living Legacy™ and loving turns of phrase
I love turns of phrase, especially those that are, by their nature, contradictory. Living Legacy is one like this. Legacy, by definition, has to do
Audience
A term of endearment post. If you can feel positioning and motion inherent in words, then you may also experience how your point of view can flip
Perspicacious: a term of endearment
I heard this word for perhaps the first time in a podcast, and fell in love. The word delighted me because it condensed into one word what I'd
Admitting Conflation
See, I'm on a self-study immersion in the English language and American culture so as to become a better writer. And my course is pretty sloppy and
Emergence ⟺ submergence
Acknowledging your submerged self, the media you choose to portray it, and The Beatles. Have your ever felt that you are emerging from something?
Becoming a writer
Play on words, Play with words: what do you want to know about you? My first poem, which I can recite by heart, woke me up. I wrote it with crayon
Validation & Credentialing ~ Terms of Endearment for oddly-credentialed kin
I've been pondering the value of credentialing and validation for someone to get recognized for mastery in action, but have personally not chased
Embedded – A Term of Endearment
I usually write these Terms of Endearment posts without quoting the dictionary because I want to gain insight as to my personal experience with these
IT
I have had a love-hate relationship with the word "it" in all of its permutations. There, I admitted it. In my book, it is not exactly a Term of
Ma-stalgia: a term of endearment for ascendant generations
Nostalgia as sign it's time to reboot our childlike sense of self, and how being states help us cope with a heightened sense of responsibility. My
Terms of Endearment – Imbue & Bodhi
This is a Terms of Endearment (TOE) post. These are words that keep coming up that I find myself re-defining for my own relief, amusement, and
Terms of Endearment – Patron
And notes on creativity as a practice. Patron = Pat Ron(an additional pat on the head to everyone who supports the work of
