A Raid On The Inarticulate.

This week, I don't have much to say. Recently, I was reading T.S. Eliot's The Four Quartets, and in "East Coker", I discovered a section that has a lot to say about the life and work of writers, so I thought I'd like to share it with you all. I'm not going to make any …

Movie Night: The Most Reluctant Convert.

Max McLean as C.S. Lewis If you're anything like me, you love C.S. Lewis. If you're anything like me, you also think watching a biopic of the man sounds like an unutterably depressing way to spend an evening. Well, that's what I was thinking when I rented The Most Reluctant Convert for my dad's birthday …

Shred Your Faves.

Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com The other day, I was looking at some personal essay prompts, hoping they would get my creativity flowing after a long night of next to no sleep. As I typically do when trying to generate ideas, I found myself ripping them all to shreds before they were fully formed. …

Overwhelmed? Yeah, Me Too.

Photo by Asad Photo Maldives on Pexels.com Here. Have a seat. Take a breath and let it out slowly. Lower your shoulders. Kick back. But don't fall asleep on me, because that would be rude. I have a quote for you today. "Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."Arthur Ashe …

New Year’s Rambling.

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com How did you like that clickbait-y title in the last post, huh? I was struggling to find a decent title for my rantings, and my resident poet suggested that one. It made me laugh, so I figured I’d go for it. I know that post was way out of my …