For Writer’s Digest Poem A Day, day two, I wrote in Bluesky in a couple of minutes: from where I’m sittingA glassScratched and etched from useA strawMetal, bent, and stainedA drinkCold, dark, liquid fuelA brewTo wake me up and greetThe storm. #PoemADay #Poem
Category: Personal
The Worst of Times: A Poem
Robert Lee Brewer of Writer’s Digest has run a poem a day event during the month of April. I participated in it — and posted my poems here — eons ago. One poem so captivated my Pastor, he asked Old Testament scholars to comment on the thoughts behind it. Being scholars and me being not,…
Shake-It-Up Saturday
Shake-it-up Saturday is the sixth day of the Written Academy’s 7-Day Writing Sprint. You’re supposed to do something different or shake up your writing environment or whatever. Anything to shake up your writing routine. I’m playing with Lottie Animations.
Changing CES to taVNS
I wrote on Psychology Today about taVNS and its dramatic potential to heal brain injury. Then I decided to follow Dave Siever’s guidance on how to position the CES clips to provide taVNS. Wow! I did not expect such a powerfully motivating and productive result!!
Canada Yells Buy Canadian, eh?
Buy local, has been a carrying cry for quite some time. But “buy Canadian!” has shot up from nowhere to dominate the airwaves and social media, well, Bluesky anyway, as that’s the only one I’m on these days. I pop in to LinkedIn every once in awhile and, at times, Flickr. I wonder about the…
Quarter of a Century with Brain Injury
Reflecting on the past 25 years living with traumatic brain injury as I walk into the continuing fog of the future.
Reliving in Novelling
Back to novelling. The second novel in The Q’Zam’Ta Trilogy. Will I last without NaNoWriMo’s external drivers?
My Left Ulnar Nerve Is Being a Bitch
Tell us about a time when you felt out of place. Right now. It rarely fails, I’m doing well, settling into a rhythm and then one! two! three! My body tells me I don’t belong in this place of writing regularly, not having setbacks in my exercise and activity routines. Even though the car crash…
Spontaneous Brain Injury Healing Notes
Spontaneous healing of brain injury does continue after effective treatments end. A doctor observing these improvements helps patients keep working at their home therapy.