I was reading Joan Didion in the bathtub the other morning, reading the essay “Goodbye to All That” which I hadn’t read before but the title of which I was inspired by, almost four years ago, when both the calendar year and my marriage were ending and I was trying to sit in a place …
A Resolution Revisited: The 2018 #songoftheday Playlist
First of all, cheers to the fact that I actually managed to keep a New Year's resolution. *clink* What was that resolution, exactly? To select, and post on Facebook, as well as aggregate into a Spotify playlist, a song for each day of 2018. I can't say I always posted each song perfectly within the …
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Intrinsic Delight, Redux
It's the last day of Think Kit '16. It's an ending, so this prompt seems appropriate: Give us the final sentence, paragraph, or chapter of your life story. Is it possible to even imagine providing the wrap-up thoughts to something (a life) that's hopefully no where near its conclusion? It seems inappropriate, in a way, to …
Caring for What’s Close
At certain moments in your life you may find you don't want to be able to dream about the future. ...which seems like a crazy thing to say. We all love to dream. Right? Dreaming about the future seems to be the preferred pastime of many. It is the one thing we can retain. It …
People Who See
I can't recommend personal crisis. 😉 Recent life has left me debilitated, uncertain, emotionally strung out. At its freshest, I was convinced I would not survive an hour, much less a day, of the pain. The next moment and the next moment and the next moment were unfathomable. I have felt like a ghost, relegated …
2015 in Review
January Published a poem Started my 100 Words writing project Rented two movies at once from a Redbox in a probable snowstorm Continued (over from Dec '14) sewing purses for ca$h money Experimented with midi rings February Upgraded the kids to a bunk bed! Oliver raced "Science Car" at his Boy Scout pinewood derby Bought …
Jackie Lutzke 