You know how to do things that other people don't. Write about (at least) one of them today. You can choose a mundane skill, such as one that maintains your health or your household. Or you can choose something more esoteric, a skill that you, but not everyone, has. Write in the voice of one who gives advice to the uninitiated, but instead of explaining what to do, … [Read more...] about Hot (Not) To Do Something
Observation
Ah, Plans…
2020 has been a year for telling wry jokes about plans. As if all plans lead to disappointment. Write about the other plans, the plans that you have right now that are clear and solid. Your immediate plans, for instance. Food for today. Tasks to finish, or start. What are your newest plans? Your post-pandemic plans? Do you have plans not to plan anything in certain … [Read more...] about Ah, Plans…
Choosing and Choosing
Every time you do something that you could have done differently, you make a choice. Some choices determine our lives. Where to live, whether to change careers, how to frame our inner autobiography. We also make choices without thinking, out of habit. If we make a choice the same way every time, it's still a choice. Fill a page with choices that you have made, big and … [Read more...] about Choosing and Choosing
Significant Vegetables
A vegetable is significant to you if it fills a meaningful role in your life. A vegetable is just about anything that isn't an animal or a mineral. Obvious vegetables are the ones we eat--or ought to. Unwelcome vegetables include mold and the grass that sprouts in a houseplant. Many objects are manufactured from vegetables--wooden tables, willow baskets, pencils and … [Read more...] about Significant Vegetables
There’s Always Water Somewhere
Tell a story from your life that has water in it. Which can be any story at all. If you are alive and on this planet, there is water nearby. In your body, for starters, and in other plants and animals. Not to mention lakes, rivers, and the ocean. There's water underground and in the sky. Water runs inside of pipes in a city or a home. It's in what we eat and what we … [Read more...] about There’s Always Water Somewhere