I write when I need to work through my emotions. I write to understand the world I am experiencing through words. Today though, I need more than words to find meaning, Joan Didion penned, "Grief has no distance. Grief comes in waves, paroxysms, sudden apprehensions that weaken the knees and blind the eyes and obliterate …
I keep uttering the same quote to myself over and over again, "The best kind of writing is the kind that scares you. I mean, down to the bone scares you." —It's one of my favourite quotes and applies perfectly to how I am feeling as I write this. I haven't written in what seems …
I like lists. I like To-Do lists. I like packing lists, grocery lists, check lists, and even bucket lists. Heck I even write index lists which is a list of all my different lists. I like 'em all. I like to create them, to check things off of them, and to complete them. I just …
I've been staring at this blank page for what seems about three months now. Writing this has taken an inordinate amount of time. I have written and re-written blog posts—wanting to post them but just never finding the right words to describe how I've felt. This loss of words had prompted me to dig deep …
I have said it once and I will say it again: I am excellent at running. And I don't mean the kind where I lace up my Nikes and go running through the streets of New York City—though I do this and enjoy every minute of it. I mean that I am excellent at running …
I woke up last night to the sound of people on my roof. Well, at least that's what it sounded like. I rolled over and curled up next to my pillow, hoping the noise would stop. But it continued, and I soon realised I don't have a roof anymore and that sound was actually construction …
June 5, 2018 It's closing in on dinnertime, our third full day on the road, and I figured this downtime would be a perfect time to update you on this Eastward bound trip of mine. The family and I—all eight of us—left California Saturday evening around 6:30pm. After gritting our teeth through the LA evening …
Uptown Maven 