As committed to many projects and life paths as we are, we periodically come to a stop. We can’t take one step more, and really want to avoid our obligations, be irresponsible, and…wander.
Read Moremental health break: riding teahupo’o waves in slo-mo
(Video link here.) A writer we know confessed her method to us: when she was blocked, she just lay down and read something completely unrelated until she fell asleep. It’s like shutting down a computer. When she woke up, she’d usually be able to continue her work. OMG, we do that too! We were SO…
Read Moretaking an unplanned ‘moment’
It was raining late this afternoon as we sat writing in ‘the improvised life’s laboratory‘ with the terrace door open. Suddenly we heard the joyous sound of a full-on gospel choir coming through the trees of the Harlem park we look out on. We went out onto the terrace to see who was singing. Instead…
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