Nature. Power. Emerson. “The law of nature is: Do the thing, and you shall have the power, but they who do not the thing have not the power.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson Dear Writer Friends, I recently spent a weekend inside Acadia National...

Thoughts On a French Rockstar I imagine she sings about justice, peace, and love. Slowly walking past a cubist black and white war story she sings inside a red velvet rope. Her hands carry grief. Her ears hear every cry. Her lips tell the story...

Decide. Start. Annie Dillard. “VLADIMIR: It’s the start that’s difficult. ESTRAGON: You can start from anything. VLADIMIR: Yes, but you have to decide. ESTRAGON: True.” ― Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot Dear Writer Friends, Thi...

"It is a dire poverty indeed when a man is so malnourished and fatigued that he won't stoop to pick up a penny. But if you cultivate a healthy poverty in simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fa...