Category - Moments

Getting Things Done (Not!) – Part II
MomentsWriting

Getting Things Done (Not!) – Part II

For me, writing about a subject is often just another way of thinking about it. Julia Cameron often says, "Writing things rights things." It's true. My last post -- lamenting my lack of progress these past few weeks -- actually helped me turn a...

December 6, 2006
2 comments
14 views
3 min read
Getting Things Done (Not!)
MomentsWriting

Getting Things Done (Not!)

On some days, Being a Writer is a joy. On other days, Being a Writer is sheer, unadulterated frustration. Lately, I'm stuck in "unadulterated frustration mode." With an eye toward exorcising some demons by naming them, here's a quick entry on the...

December 6, 2006
Add comment
15 views
3 min read
The Interview
Moments

The Interview

For a school assignment, Walter, the youngest of the nephews, wants to interview me. "What's your profession?" Walter asks. "I'm a writer," I say. "No," Walter says, "I'm going to call you an author. That sounds better. Authors are better than...

December 5, 2006
2 comments
14 views
1 min read
Thanksgiving
Moments

Thanksgiving

Last week, we got some challenging news: Joe, Clyde's father, was diagnosed with arterial calcification. The valve at the top of the heart, when closed, looks a bit like a pie cut into three wedges; when the heart pumps, those three wedges swing...

November 23, 2006
2 comments
22 views
4 min read
What Really Matters?
Moments

What Really Matters?

Want to know the key to creating radical change in your life? 1) Figure out what matters. 2) Act accordingly. Deceptively simple, eh? But don't be fooled. Taking this formula to heart can have a profound impact on your life. Want a real world...

November 8, 2006
Add comment
22 views
4 min read
Narrowing the Gap
Moments

Narrowing the Gap

Last week, I shared my new dream with you: writing and workshopping full-time, while making enough money to live comfortably with Clyde in a Midtown Atlanta condo and travel for one month out of the year. (As dreams go, that's pretty tame, really...

November 3, 2006
Add comment
18 views
4 min read
Defining the Dream
Moments

Defining the Dream

Yesterday's post on defining the dream got me thinking: if I could be anywhere, doing anything ... where would I be, and what would I be doing? It's a question worth asking. Here's why: without direction and vision, life devolves into habit. We spin...

November 2, 2006
Add comment
12 views
5 min read
Redefining the Dream
Moments

Redefining the Dream

In yesterday's USA Today, I read the feature on Adriana Trigiani, described as "one of the reigning queens of women's fiction." The interview takes place, the reporter tell us, in Trigiani's "brick town house in Greenwich Village" -- a sprawling...

November 1, 2006
2 comments
13 views
4 min read
Creativity and Forging Your Own Path
Moments

Creativity and Forging Your Own Path

I don't care much for the dangerous, fanatical organization that rose up around the Indian-born spiritual leader Osho. (For that matter, I don't care much for the various dangerous, fanatical organizations that have risen up around the Christian...

October 22, 2006
Add comment
13 views
2 min read
Mark Joins the Presbyopian Church
GearMoments

Mark Joins the Presbyopian Church

My latest high-tech gadget: bifocal contact lenses.

Over the last few months, I've become unable to read the fine print on product labels and menus. "It's the lighting," I told myself. "The lighting is really bad in here."

October 10, 2006
Add comment
10 views
3 min read