I struggle to maintain balance so I can write again I take stolen time during morning moments to process thoughts re-establish even keel and find my tipping point. Ask the woman struggling with mental illness how she finds clarity. I peer under the laundry and unopened mail Search through the yard of green volunteer…
Everyday Inspiration, Day Eight: Reinvent the Letter Format
North Eastern United States September 16, 2016 Dear Anxiety, I know we have been together for most of our lives, but I think it's time we cut the cord that ropes us together to the tracks with the locomotive coming. Any way I look at it, one of us is going to be thrown under…
Everyday Inspiration, Day Seven: Let Social Media Inspire You
This tweet arrived in an email: https://twitter.com/thisisEJKoh/status/420362403180597248 First of all, let me just say that I am appalled that the writing prompt is from a tweet. Oh, no, my age is showing again. I'm old and cranky. Sure, I have a Twitter account. No, I don't use it. I surreptitiously stalk my minor children there.…
Everyday Inspiration, Day Six: The Space to Write
Where I Write In true Amanuensis style, I write in bed. I don't even need to turn over to grab my laptop. Though I could write another post about the pain that occurs when I leave the laptop on my hips while I read and write. That is a pain so exquisite, I've written enough…
Everyday Inspiration, Day Five: Hook ‘Em With a Quote
“However many years she lived, Mary always felt that 'she should never forget that first morning when her garden began to grow'.” ― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden One of Girlie's first favorite videos was The Secret Garden. She would watch the robin and say "burrd eek-eek-ekk." I had forgotten about The Secret…
Everyday Inspiration: Day Four: A Story in a Single Image
Copyright 2009 MetalFlowerMaker@gmail.com "What's mine is yours, what's yours is mine" We have coexisted for longer than we can remember We were once a forest of saplings near the shore of the red river, now we perch above the bank that tickles our exposed roots The others uprooted by strong elements fell and were washed…
Everyday Inspiration, Day Three: One-Word Inspiration
GUILT Deep seeded feelings of zero worth contribute to the black hole that opens under my feet when I stand up for myself Yes, the ground is going to swallow me whole Am I not here to serve to function for others never myself? Many of my past attempts ended in soul crushing debates…
Everyday Inspiration, Day Two: Write a List
Things I Like Flowers: Rudbeckia, Coneflower, Monardia, Sunflowers (brown and yellow), Hostas, Morning Glories, Chrysanthemum, Gerber Daisy, Poppies, Calendula, Butterfly Bush, Balsam, Mullein, Goldenrod, Four O'clocks, Periwinkle, Balloon Flower, Thistle, Bachelor's Buttons, Columbine, Daylily, Goldenrod, Hen and Chicks, Hollyhock, Iris, Sedum, Lamb's Ear, Phlox, Trillium, Yarrow, Yucca, Buttercup, Amaranth, Cosmos, Marigold, Dusty Miller, Mexican Sunflower,…
Everyday Inspiration, Day One: I Write Because…
I write because I can I have to I can't stop My mind gets full I like playing with words sounds are fun when you type them I need to have some adult fun in my life I'm in love with my laptop, the keys are sexy it proves that I'm not so crazy…
Amanuensis Sobriquet-Reverie 