What I’ve Been Up To Recently
My vision for 2018 is for it to be my most ambitious year yet. 2017 was all about recovery; it was about finding my productivity and finding my happiness. But … Continue reading What I’ve Been Up To Recently
Category: Personal
The Storytelling of the Everyday
As I’ve said in previous blog posts, I like having a date in the future that I can both look forward to and work towards. I try to avoid having … Continue reading The Storytelling of the Everyday
“Just Another Mental Health Post”
I never planned to blog about my mental health issues as much as I have. It was only when I started writing my series of memoir-posts about my 2012 student … Continue reading “Just Another Mental Health Post”
Dressing the Part
When I entered the USA for the first time, I was very much intent on absorbing as much as I could from the local culture. In some ways I arrived … Continue reading Dressing the Part
F-Stops & Flood Plains: My Weekend Part Two
I’ve been nothing if not introspective in the wake of the New Year. I think that’s just how I’m wired. I spend a lot of time in my own head. … Continue reading F-Stops & Flood Plains: My Weekend Part Two
Lamb Boobs & Spanish Typewriters: My Weekend Part One
The first weekend of 2018 turned out to be pretty rad. My dear friends Elizabeth & George came to visit me on Saturday- and it was the first time I … Continue reading Lamb Boobs & Spanish Typewriters: My Weekend Part One
50 Reasons Why I Love Elvis
No blog about my life would be complete without a post devoted to my favorite singer of all time. I celebrate January 8th every year because it’s Elvis Presley’s birthday, … Continue reading 50 Reasons Why I Love Elvis
My New Year’s Resolution
I have always been attracted to the idea of New Year’s Resolutions, because I love having a sense of direction in life. I love the idea of building something. It’s … Continue reading My New Year’s Resolution
My Year in Review: 2017
I’m not sure what I expected from 2017, except more of the same. The same half-hearted attempts at being productive; moments of inspiration that disappeared as quickly as they came- … Continue reading My Year in Review: 2017
One Hundred
I was thinking of doing something special for this post, and I’ve decided that the best way to celebrate TumbleweedWrites’ 100th word-baby is to go all meta on you. Today … Continue reading One Hundred
The Abuse of Realism
Any writer- whether you’re penning a swashbuckling, steampunk romp through the clouds with Victorian gentlemen poking poison-tipped canes at zeppelin-hungry dragons, or simply a meditative portrait of an unraveling sexless … Continue reading The Abuse of Realism
That Time I Saw Bill Clinton In A Parking Garage
In the last post in this series I wrote about the kinds of opportunities on offer at an American campus. When I studied at the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire my … Continue reading That Time I Saw Bill Clinton In A Parking Garage
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