by Laura Rink | Feb 21, 2025 | Daily Life, Memoir, Writing
Inspired by Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights, I’ve kept a Daily Delights journal for the last two years. I wanted to do something different than being grateful at the end of the day. I wanted to note what made me smile or giggle, what lightened my heart, what delighted...
by Laura Rink | Jan 27, 2025 | Memoir, Writing
To my chagrin, this month’s blog started with a blank page. Usually I jot material that didn’t get used the month before into a new document. To which I’ll add ideas as they occur to me. That way, when I sit down to draft the blog in earnest, preliminary material is...
by Laura Rink | Dec 29, 2024 | Daily Life, Writing
December: a month many of us wrap presents for those we care about—a package of thinking of you, a package of love. Sometimes that present is a card or a text, a Facetime call or a Zoom gathering. It is the present of being present with someone, of being in community....
by Laura Rink | Dec 7, 2024 | Daily Life, Memoir, Nature, Writing
“This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.” – Maya Angelou This month, on November 6th, the citizens of the United States elected their next president. On November 8th, I left the country. I left my country for a planned trip to Central...
by Laura Rink | Oct 30, 2024 | Daily Life, Memoir, Nature, Writing
This month I didn’t meet my short-term writing goals of chapter revision which means I won’t reach my long-term goal of having a complete draft of my Armenian family memoir finished before my sixtieth birthday in February. I’ve written before about what is needed to...
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