FAVORITE TOPICS

I like writing about the eternals: family, friendship, love, work, hopes, dreams, life, death, feelings and events which, even as the world changes at a dizzying pace, do not. A young person in love for the first time is a young person in love for the first time, whether it’s 1820 or 1920 or 2020. I love how these eternals connect us.

FAVORITE WRITINGS

Many of my favorite columns were written by other writers. For years, I’ve cut out essays and poems and saved them in a file. Now I cut and save them digitally. I’ve learned a lot from other writers. I’m going to share my favorite columns and poems and some of what I’ve learned here.

WHO WANTS TO SHARE AN ESSAY?

I’m thinking this should be a page for people who write to share their essays. I coach writers and I am surprised at how many unsung writers there are in this world. If you have something to share, please send via the contact page.


 
 

Quotes not only inspire me. They also intrigue me because they offer both history and a kind of immortality. “Wee steps and slow,” my Scottish mother-in-law always said. It means take one step at a time. Don’t look at the whole picture. The whole picture is too overwhelming. We say “Wee steps and slow” so often in our family that even the great-grandchildren, who never met her, who were born years after she died, when faced with an overwhelming task, say, “Wee steps and slow.” They persevere. ~ Beverly Beckham