Read this on galpod.com. My knee has been acting up lately. It forced me to rest, to not do stuff all the time. Sure, I read and listen...

Read this on galpod.com. I’ve been thinking about the tension between self-acceptance and self-improvement. On the one hand, I’m on a...

Read this on galpod.com. Last week, I went to a concert at my son’s school. There are always concerts at my son’s school, but that’s not...

Read this on galpod.com. Last week, quite miraculously, I took myself to a writing retreat in Devon. I didn’t really see much of the...

Read this on galpod.com. Come on a word trail with me. This one is fun. So, a while ago, I jotted down in my little notebook to research...

Read this on galpod.com. This is somewhat related to the prompt I posted on Friday. Have a read here. Missed the post? Consider...

Read this on galpod.com. I read 43 books in 2021, a number I’m proud of. Reading 43 books a year means I read a book every 8.5 days or...

Read this on galpod.com. We’ve been fortunate to be able to visit our family this year. I know many people weren’t so lucky. It’s been...

Read this on galpod.com. I love stories about ordinary people. Sure, superheroes are great, and being a cop who blows stuff up is fun,...

Read this on galpod.com. I recently saw a tweet (I wish I could link, but I can’t refind it) where a writer posted her list of rewards....

Read this on galpod.com. Paul Valéry said that an artwork is never finished, merely abandoned. If you try to figure out how do you know...

Read this on galpod.com. My Love, My, how you’ve grown this year. It has been an emotional year, a year of hard-earned success (you got...

Read this on galpod.com. Uncertainty is hard for humans, generally speaking. Not knowing what will happen, the thought of losing control,...

Read this on galpod.com. The first thing anybody who knows anything about blogging advises beginner bloggers is that consistency is key....

Read this on galpod.com. What does it mean to lead a successful life? We all think about it. Sometimes, it's too scary to think about, so...

Read this on galpod.com. I’ve been thinking about health lately. Not only because my daughter has a head cold and had to stay home from...

Read this on galpod.com. This word trail also came about while I was reading Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. It occurred to me that the...

Read this on galpod.com. I recently finished Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens. It really should be used as mandatory reading for school...

Read this on galpod.com. I've been thinking about stories lately. Mot the kind we write but the kind we tell ourselves. I put up on...

Read this on galpod.com. If you've been reading this blog a while, you know that I love the beginning of the school year. I love school,...