Living on Writer's Block

Creating is everything.

  • Saturday Morning

    Saturday Morning

    An ice machine hums. Cracks. The hum quiets to a lower rattle while a fan drones on. A buzz clicks on and stays on while arrhythmic thumping echoes from the room on the other side of the wall to my right. The arms of my wooden chair press into my arms and I feel my…

  • A Tuesday Love Letter

    There are moments when I look at people and for a moment I see them with someone else’s eyes. Moments when I look at them and have to pause to catch my breath. When I see them almost like a stranger, when their features change and become novel and new all over again. Moments when…

  • Isaac: “Laughter”

    Another Daily Prompt today, this time asking me what makes me laugh. When I was picking out a title, my mind went straight to Abraham and Sarah in Genesis, when they named their son ‘Isaac’ because of Sarah’s laughter when the angels told Abraham his wife would bear him a son. That’s not something that…