Three weeks into this Covid fear and conspiracy theories are increasing on my Facebook feed. This isn't so much fear over the virus as it is in how the social distancing has gone. For …
Quarantine Coping Skills: When the Apocalypse Looks A Lot Like Homemaking
I try to laugh when I realize the apocalypse looks like homemaking. Who would've thought quarantine coping skills would entail so much housework? But, as far as world-altering scenarios go this one …
Continue Reading about Quarantine Coping Skills: When the Apocalypse Looks A Lot Like Homemaking →
Use Social Distancing Wisely: Become a Better Writer!
Seven years ago I set out to get serious about my writing. My dream to tell stories, construct beautiful sentences, and write entire books became a passion. I wanted to be a better writer without …
Continue Reading about Use Social Distancing Wisely: Become a Better Writer! →
What Should I Do in a Pandemic? An Essay on Ancestors and Anxiety
The first thing I noticed was the quiet. It was Friday afternoon, a time when the velocity of "busyness" begins to wind down for the weekend anyway. But––I'd already been working from home for a week. …
Continue Reading about What Should I Do in a Pandemic? An Essay on Ancestors and Anxiety →
You’ll Live to Be 100: Remembering the Brief Long Life of Viva O’Dell Ott
My grandma died this morning and I'm trying to imagine the world without her. This is odd to me, and unexpected, because my "Gigi" (so named after she became a Great Grandma over twenty years ago) …
Continue Reading about You’ll Live to Be 100: Remembering the Brief Long Life of Viva O’Dell Ott →
When the Universe Aligns: How Unexpected Changes Can Make Writing Dreams Come True
This Spring has brought big changes to my life. I remember when I was a kid, growing up in the snowy white north of Upper Michigan, how Spring always revealed sleeping treasures. We'd spend Winter …
