Author Musings

"No one is allowed to remain innocent for life...We can't remain only sweet and moist, or only kind and vulnerable forever. Yet, this hardening off does not make one hard. It opens a woman to standing in her own danger, to warming and protecting the persons, creatures, and creative fires that are within her reach, that are most important to her soul."

--Clarissa Pinkola Estes, PhD

When I was a child I would speak narratives in my head. I can only conclude I was born with a writer's slant on life--to take the ordinary and make it extra-ordinary, and then to document it. Some look at it as a gift; I view it as a necessary link in society. Writers are meant to illuminate the big and the small, to breathe life into the magic of living. If you're called to this, you have a choice: to keep it to yourself or to share it with others. We can all help one another.

Here's a sample of several short essays I've written when the bigger stories have eluded me.

Writer's write...always.