My frustration with Covid is not health-related. For some reason, even with the initial panicking, supermarket robbing, emergency online teaching, I was relatively calm, sometimes even amused and excited, because none of this had ever happened before in my life. And to stay at home and to take care of the girls and to stockpile…
Month: January 2022
An Archaic Concept Of Me
Editor’s note: Welcome to our first serial! John will be making these “deliveries” to us once a month on a Thursday. The Opening: I was young; I was anxious; I was bound to an archaic concept of me. She smoothed my mind and body with her sunny day thoughts and yoga softened hands. I agreed…
New Year’s Writing Resolutions: Avoiding Burnout
I managed to convince myself to take a week off from posting to the website, as a means of avoiding burnout. It wasn’t easy, but it was necessary. As much as I want to post every week, every day, even, to keep up consistent site traffic, I recognized that my energy is not unlimited. I…
Unlaced
i learned how to tie my shoes when i was five and i washuddled in my best friend’s bedroom, two houses down and across the street from my house,each of us knew how to do half the job.we didn’t plan it that way, it just happened when they were trying to teach us the whole…
New Year’s Resolutions (Sunday Summary)
Welcome to the Sunday Summary for the week of 26 December 2021-1 January 2022. Our 2 Rules team has enjoyed a quiet week with a few days off to relax, and rest, and spend time with people we care about. We hope you also had some time to enjoy a little time to rest and…
It’s Caturday and We Have Questions
Big Cat and Little Cat drank a bit too much milk last night, so most of their queries today have been: “Where’s the aspirin?” But in the spirit of the New Year, they’d like to know if you have any New Year’s Resolutions concerning your writing? What are you planning to write in the New…