Category Archives: discovery and recovery

Random Thoughts from an Unemployed Mind

Posted on August 15, 2010 by randomyriad

Late in the spring, one of my students set up this scene depicting his interpretation of Lummi Island. I appreciated it because I used to live there.  As I was going through the photos on my camera I found this … Continue reading →

Posted in Art in Nature, capturing light, conversations, discovery and recovery, Family, mindworks, My Art, my life, paying attention, philosophy, poetry, spring, Teaching and Learning, Telling Stories, thinking in words, time travel, Word play | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Ups and Downs on the Cartoon Roller Coaster

Posted on July 11, 2010 by randomyriad

So much is happening in my life now, and yet I am in a holding pattern waiting for the next anvil to fall. In short my life seems kind of cartoony, but nothing of substance has yet changed. We finally … Continue reading →

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Learning to Walk Back in My Shadows of Truth

Posted on May 31, 2010 by randomyriad

“I’ve got to learn to walk back to the shadows of truth” — Jack Kerouac, journals 11/47 This is what I want to do as writer. There is no way to tell “The Truth” because there is only subjective truth, … Continue reading →

Posted in All part of the process, change, discovery and recovery, novel projects, Other peoples words, paying attention, philosophy, Telling Stories, thinking in words | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Writing Myself Up From Way Down Here

Posted on May 23, 2010 by randomyriad

I am in a weird space these days. I come here every now and then. It is a space where my dreams don’t make sense and nothing I do or think about inspires me, where my life seems like a … Continue reading →

Posted in can't really complain but, discovery and recovery, Family, House and home, internal landscape, thinking in words, visions from the dark side, whereever you go there you are, working world | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Here I Am Again Wondering How I Got Here

Posted on April 10, 2010 by randomyriad

My memory is so mysterious and unreliable, shifty, that I have to set up landmarks in my own history to tie it down, but stable points are hard to find, the births of my children, the day Mary and I … Continue reading →

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