Welcome to the Sunday Summary for the week of 17 January 2022 to 22 January 2022. This has been an interesting week–our writers have talked about some difficult things: writing about trauma, rejection, and the details that make a story pop. The stories themselves are hopeful ones, even if the topics are challenging. And of…
Author: Erika Grumet, MSW
Writer’s Notebook
Defeating Writer’s Block by Writing about it I’d been thinking a lot about what I wanted to write for today. I’d made a few attempts at things to write, but as I’ve faced many times in the last few months, and written about a few times, I’ve had trouble coming up with ideas. And trouble…
Sunday Summary
Welcome to the Sunday Summary for 10 January 2022-15 January 2022. The 2 Rules team was back in full force this week with all new content for you. We’re glad to be back, Monday The same lessons I first discovered at seven, and still needed at seventeen, are the lessons which I taught to other…
Where the Sidewalk Ends, Life Begins
Learning To Read I loved books even before I could read. Before I could read, I would demand that my mother read the same book over and over until I’d memorized it. She got so frustrated that she bought me a tape recorder and began recording the books I loved so that I could just…
Sunday Summary
Welcome to the Sunday Summary for the week of 3 January 2022-8 January 2022. The 2 Rules team took a little time off to recharge. We’re back now and ready to bring you more incredible writing, along with some website updates. Make sure you’re following us so that you get all of the announcements–new website…
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…
Banned Books Redux?
New Book Bannings A couple of months ago, during Banned Books Week, I wrote that banning books is really about protecting fragile adults, not children. Since then, it seems like there’s been an explosion of efforts to restrict access to books, especially books about queer topics. My own school district in Florida has dealt with…
Sunday Summary
Welcome to the Sunday Summary for the week of 19 December 2021-25 December 2021. If you’ve missed something or want to revisit a favorite piece for the week, you’ll find it here. Monday “A woman with physical disabilities and mental illness has three reasons not to want to be seen as weak or incapable” On Monday, Erika…
It’s Caturday and We Have Questions
*** Description: Two cats sit on a bed together. An Orange Tabby in the foreground smiles at his companion and says “Merry Christmas Little Cat.” Beside him, a grey tabby glares at Big Cat and responds, “Kids these days have no respect for tradition. Keep Saturn in Saturnalia, Dammit!” It’s Caturday, but the cats are…