Listening for the Song

“Creativity requires us to become interested in something more than the version of reality we already know. It asks us to listen long enough to be surprised.” Rainier Wylde By: Gabriela Yareliz It’s autumn. 🍂 The sky is dark and stormy, and there is a chill in the air. So exciting. [Sit in this excitementContinue reading “Listening for the Song”

God in the Mess

I am reading a book that talks about a lot about parenting. Isn’t it odd that we aren’t given the ability to have children once we are older, wiser and are all set up in life, I thought. It all happens in a very messy stage of life. By: Gabriela Yareliz I was thinking aboutContinue reading “God in the Mess”

The Writing Life

“One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something goodContinue reading “The Writing Life”

This Week’s Favorites 09.18.26

A happy Friday morning to you! We are allegedly in for rain and cooler temps, after today. We’ll take it. So done with summer. A closet sweep still awaits me. The week has felt eternal (last week blurred into this week), the weather fluctuated wildly, and we have finally reached the culmination of it. FloridaContinue reading “This Week’s Favorites 09.18.26”

Broadax

By: Gabriela Yareliz I was reading the piece on Annie Dillard’s life and recent death. It made me think a lot about writing. About life. How many hours does any of us have left? We spend so much time in unconscious living; engaging in habits and actions we do on autopilot. How much conscious lifeContinue reading “Broadax”

Popped

People love to be helpless. People feel comfortable being assholes. By: Gabriela Yareliz People do a lot without consequence, now. People hide behind their delusions, phone screens, AI slop, and handles and screen names that lend anonymity. People sue others for the decisions they made and responsibility they share. People hate responsibility and ownership. TheyContinue reading “Popped”

Last Week’s Favorites 09.13.26

Hello my fellow journey(wo)men, It’s a rainy morning here in NYC after some hot temperatures this week. The sun was roasting. The rest of us were yearning for fall. I am still wrapping up Nantucket Second Chances; you would have thought that with all of the brutal train delays this week I would have finishedContinue reading “Last Week’s Favorites 09.13.26”