Illuminate: Creativity

I'm not writing. I want to be writing. I should be writing. I try to write. But I'm not writing. Not a false start. Not words on the page that I KNOW are garbage but need to be out so I can get the good stuff rolling. Not an outline. NOTHING. I save multiple blog …

Workin’ for the Weekend

Everybody remember that song? It's a favorite of mine on 80s nights, but sometimes when I just see the chorus written out, I sing it to the tune of "Takin Care of Business", and then I feel like I need to give my brain a hard reset to get it right. Anyway. Friday, yay! The …

It’s Not About the Shower Gel

This morning I had an experience I haven't had in a very long time. I noticed that my shower gel had about an inch or so of product left in the bottle, so I went into my stash to pull another one... And discovered that I don't have anymore. Now- I grew up in a …

The Purge Part II: Electric Boogaloo

So Bronxie and I have been talking a lot about future plans. More specifically, we are talking about getting our own place next year and how that relates to my ongoing clutter battle. We are not wealthy people - our first place will most likely be a 1 bedroom apartment, so we're probably talking under …

A Writer’s Life (aka A Little Bit of Insight)

Location: Anywhere, anyplace, anytime WRITERBRAIN: WRITE NOW. DANNI: Seriously? NOW? WRITERBRAIN: WRITE NOW. DANNI: I'm driving/at a movie/snuggled up to Bronxie/doing some activity that is 100% not conducive to writing. WRITERBRAIN: WRITE NOW. WRITERBRAIN floods my eyes with perfect imagery and fills my ears with the most intriguing plot and musical turns of phrase. WRITERBRAIN: …

Money, Mental Illness, and Me

*NB: for once, this post actually uses Referral Links!!! If you decide to sign up for any of the services referenced using links in this post, we both get a lil somethin' monetarily from the services. Go us! My one of my Words of the Year for 2020 is Investment. I've already spoken about my investments …

The Books We (Didn’t) Read

So I failed my GoodReads Challenge. Again. I think this is actually my worst reading year in a few decades - per my Goodreads list, I only read 10 books, but I did just finish a really cool one last week without logging it, so the total is 11 and counting (hey, I have 21 …