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If you’re old enough to recognize the photo of the machine above (as I do), then maybe it’s time to consider writing about your life. Joy, insight, memories, feelings from long ago, maybe putting some old
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Today was a very good day. I felt totally blocked. And never let it bother me.
I’ve been working on editing the manuscript for my new book, Mindful Writing, and also teaching an introductory course
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Today’s entry is about what I call “Haiku Memoir,” that shares some important characteristics with Improvisational Theatre (what I wrote about last time). Both Improv and Haiku Memoir are HUGE fun. They’re brief. They’re
Caitlin at Improv
Many years ago, I joined an improvisational theatre group in San Francisco. Joined on a whim, the only way to do improv. We met in a
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For decades, I’ve written a journal. Sometimes I was unfaithful. But when I returned, which I always did, the question scratched at me, “Why were you gone so long?” It was so sweet to be back.
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I’ve said it before many times, but I’m awed by it again … and again … and so I think it bares repeating. I’m talking about the simple power of awareness. Just noticing. Non-judgmental awareness. No fuss,
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I suffer from self-doubt. So, perhaps, do you. And a few billion other people around the globe. Not all the time. If you’re like me, it’s periodically, too often and at awkward times. Often when I’m least
Getting Stuck
I try to write every day. That means, I get stuck at-least-a-little every day. Two or three times a day, to be honest. Sometimes, it’s briefly, and on relatively small issues, like looking for
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I’ve been gone for a while. Wales. Pembrokeshire, west coast of England,
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Change the past, live the present.
Last week, I tried to summarize what is meant by “Change the past, live the present.” Mindfulness, of course, is all about living the present. Easy to say, not so