I rarely leap in to New Year’s Resolutions. What more often happens is that some time in the days after the calendar turns I realize that January is so much quieter than December, and thus would be a perfect time to take on a project. This year there were two that inspired me around JanuaryContinue reading >>
A full tank
Without exception, December is crazy for me. I do this to myself on purpose. December is a time when everyone wants music, and I want to be one of the ones to share it with them. I make money, make connections, and advance my craft. It’s a good thing. But for the last two yearsContinue reading >>
200 good words
I am not the one who invented getting things done early in the morning. Like many an adult I have learned that the hours just after breakfast (a meal which invariably comes just after dawn) are when I will be most productive. So that’s when the important emails are written, papers are graded, music isContinue reading >>
What I read: December 2013
This month’s selections ran the gamut from writing handbooks to young adult bestsellers thanks to the libraries of friends, public libraries, and some gifts. The Year of Magical Thinking I put off reading this acclaimed memoir for a while because I knew it would be powerful and frankly I didn’t feel like having my heartContinue reading >>
What my mom taught me about blogging before the internet existed
The homework assignment was to write sentences. I’m not sure what the content was. Were we using vocabulary words in context? Demonstrating our ability to label subject and predicate? Whatever it was, my mom leaned over my shoulder as I worked on it, yellow pencil clutched in my young hand. She made a suggestion: whyContinue reading >>
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