I watched a movie last night, East of Eden, that largely dealt with the idea of people being either good or bad. I’m sure it was partly the time period but it struck me as amusing, childish, and sad that the characters seemed to have such black and white ideas of goodness
Keep Reading ... →I read a quote by Deepak Chopra today of wisdom he had heard from Nelson Mandela: “Having resentment against someone is like drinking poison and thinking it will kill your enemy.” A truthful thought, a seemingly obvious thought, one I’ve heard in many ways many times before, but one I so often
Keep Reading ... →A couple nights ago, following a lovely dinner out to celebrate the return of my fella after three months of long distance we decided to finish off the romantic evening by settling in, cozying up, and watching The Exorcist. I’ve never been that good with scary/horror movies. Psychological thrillers are usually
Keep Reading ... →I’ve just returned home from my fifth and final trip to New Brunswick this summer (well, since the last week in May). I feel fortunate to have been able to spend so much time with my family – my niece in particular as her being in NB was a large
Keep Reading ... →I’ve often wondered why, in our society, controversial so often means ‘good’. You see it in visual art . . . now call me snobby, or call me uneducated, or call me whatever you want, but from my perspective a lot of modern art is ‘art’ because it has, in
Keep Reading ... →Today has been one of those days when my brain feels like it has a filter over it, a dusty, dirty, headache inducing filter. I’ve tried a few topics to write about and felt as if they all would be forced if I carried on. I spent the day in
Keep Reading ... →. . . although it may be difficult. I remember back in my teen angst years when I spent hours and hours . . . and hours alone in my room writing. Now some of this was ridiculously horrible, angst infused poetry but some of it wasn’t. Some of it
Keep Reading ... →We all have our fears. Those things that make us squirm or quiver, act in irrational ways, or that cripple us. Some of those fears are very valid and understandable – the fear of death for example. Even if that’s not a fear of yours you probably would never scoff
Keep Reading ... →You hear all this talk about writer’s block. It’s a common phenomenon that seems to plague pretty much every writer at some point in their lives – for most writers, at a lot of points in their lives. I don’t hear so much about editor’s block though . . .
Keep Reading ... →Over the past several years I’ve been hearing a lot about the law of attraction…I imagine you have too. And I’ve got to say, I’m skeptical of it. Extremely skeptical. I mean sure – it’s a great concept, I’d like it to be true, I’d like to believe it’s true. But at
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