some unlocked thoughts on writing, reading, hobbit feeding
Cap was traveling. I had spent the day alone with my dear five-year-old, my adorable nineteen-month-old, and my moody, hysterical threenager. All day long I had placed her in her room so I could cool down, resist the temptation to erupt volcanically, cry out for help, and guide her patiently into an understanding that her […]
Read More Why Proverbs 31 Gives Me Panic AttacksFor the past three years, my husband and I have enjoyed a January Facebook Fast. We have found that as we set goals and seek to establish new habits for the fresh year, it’s best to back off from social media so that we can have extra focus. When I gave up Facebook this January, […]
Read More My Facebook Fast: Results, #1Every January, my husband and I make it a tradition to stay off social media as we plan and begin to pursue our goals for the new year. The break is always refreshing, and it’s always surprising to me in the first few days how often my fingers itch for Facebook and must be told […]
Read More A New Year’s FastSTORY 1: REDWOOD FOREST When I was in college, my parents and I went to Yosemite. We rode a bus out to the Mariposa Grove of giant redwood trees. I had taken a Nature Writing class, so I had read my John Muir. I had some idea of what to anticipate. I stared out the […]
Read More A Meditation on Smartphones in Two Stories
The Word-hoard 