I will admit that I don't know the meaning of "like water for chocolate," though I saw and liked the movie. To my writer brain the words are like water bubbling over smooth pebbles in a fountain. My brain's instinct is to make more word strings that reflect repeat even mimic the sound. But I am sure there is a meaning to like water for chocolate that maybe I knew once, someone … [Read more...] about Like Water for Eggs
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My Year of Magical Thinking
I revere writers and writing. Joan Didion. Aaron Sorkin. Joseph Conrad. I am trying to conjure a memory and with it a timeline. I was teaching, so it was before 2014. I would listen to NPR on the 35-minute drive to and from work. used to listen There was a tsunami in Japan. I looked it up. The "Japan Earthquake and Tsunami" happened on March 11, 2011. In the newsreel playing … [Read more...] about My Year of Magical Thinking
No Words
I have no words. Or too many words crowding to get out all together and all at once. So I have to take a step back and think about the individual words and how they connect together to put forth ideas. I am watching The West Wing. Again. Since signing in to HBO Max, I am on my third or fourth pass at the show. I watch The West Wing because I desperately miss Joe. I miss not … [Read more...] about No Words