Here I offer words of thought, insight, and sometimes just plain nonsense. Words designed to inspire, amuse, and sometimes confuse us all. Words that are intended to show that the world is actually okay, that we are all actually okay.
Read on, my friend. Read on and see what you think.
The Pensive Garden
This tiny talk is late. Sometimes I move slow and I miss the moment, that right moment. Then I feel all off balance and unsure of what to do. So I don’t do. I stop for fear of doing it wrong. “I’ll save this and share it at the right time next year.” But check…
Hello Yily 🤍
I have at long last come back to our Infinite Library space. It has been two years since I last visited this corner of the world. Please allow me to explain my long absence…. In my last Tiny Talk, I shared my feelings about “writer’s block.” I shared my very stubborn and none-too-popular belief that…
The Fluid Nature of Writing
Writing inspiration comes and goes. It sometimes comes in full-flowing currents, other times in twisting, turning eddies. And it sometimes lies still in quiet pools. One of the most important parts of being a writer for me is recognizing that there will be downtime, times when the pools grow still. There will even be times…
Tiny Tips for Living With Gremlins
If you haven’t read my first tiny talk on gremlins, you can check it out here: Small Gifts Everywhere (or don’t kick the gremlins). Now that I’ve shared my gremlin theory, here are some helpful hints for coexisting with gremlins . . . Gremlins like to come and go; they love to jump from one…
Small Gifts Everywhere (or don’t kick the gremlins)
But when your book falls between the wall and the bed, in the hardest possible place to reach, when you are all sleepy and ready to dive back into the journeys that are unfolding from those pages . . . when that book falls, that is the work of the gremlins.
Oh How I Love to Be Wrong
I love to be right. (Who doesn’t love to be right?) And yet I also love to be wrong, oh how I love to be wrong. But why, why on Earth would one love to be wrong? Because being wrong (in measured doses, with people who love and respect us) is good for us! Being…
You Could Be a Professional and Not Even Know It
According to the fourth definition in my trusty American Heritage Dictionary, “professional” means:
Hello and What’s Next
Hello, whoever you are, hello. Whether this is your first time or your hundredth visit, thank you for being a part of my tiny talks. Without you, I am just talking to myself. Don’t get me wrong, I love talking to myself. But here my purpose is to talk to you. So thank you for…
The Infinite Library
The infinite library is the field of all love and knowledge that connects us all. This is a theory that began for me when I was 10 years old, lying in my bed unable to sleep but content to be awake, just quiet with my thoughts. In my imaginings, I saw a pool of light,…
The Many Faces of Charity
There are many who say that charitable works and deeds are important. And there are many of us who will respond, in our own minds, “but I can barely maintain my own life, I do not have extra to give.” I am one of those many, so I give a dollar here and five dollars…
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