This week, I'm taking a break from my usual Wednesday posting on Writing and Life. After four intense weeks of unpacking stuff I've learned about writing (from two years and 200 blog posts), I figured hey I've earned this break. Plus, I'm taking my family for our first staycation in years! Given how Covid's derailed … Continue reading Our first staycation in years!
My Monday Metrical Musings #32
That Little Boy of Mine From Writer's Family Album (2011) Two eyes that shine so brightTwo lips that kiss good nightTwo arms that hold me tightThat Little Boy of Mine! No one can fully knowHow much your arrival meantBecause I love you soYou're a gift that heaven sent Still. It was hard in your first … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #32
Our Autism Enabling Masterplan – High Priority Area #5 of 6
Four down. Two to go. Surely this series I've been writing on the Autism Enabling Masterplan (AEM) and its six High Priority Areas (HPA) can't get any worse. Right? And yet, it just did. With this week's HPA #5 -- Residential Continuum. [If you're new to my blog and this series, please find my brief … Continue reading Our Autism Enabling Masterplan – High Priority Area #5 of 6
20 things I learned from 200 blogs (Part 4/4)
Finally. Here it is. I started this 'mini-series' four weeks ago and I'm now ready to bring it to a close. If you've been patiently following (thanks lots!), you'll know this series aims to list 20 things I've learned about writing and blogging since chocking up my 200th blog post last month. Delivering them weekly … Continue reading 20 things I learned from 200 blogs (Part 4/4)
My Monday Metrical Musings #31
Ever Wish...? Ever wish you could go back in timeTo that fateful conversation?Get behind the face and eyesEach explosive altercation?Or peek under that cool veneerJust to see what lies beneath?To discover every fear and tearDewdrops from a trembling leaf? Ever wish you could go back in timePick up where you left off?As if nothing ever … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #31
Our Autism Enabling Masterplan – High Priority Area #4 of 6
Yep. It's true. This ASD series just gets harder and harder to write. Why? Since blogging about our nation's Autism Enabling Masterplan (AEM) a month ago, my overwhelming sense that this is something bigger than any one of us advocating, partnering, and supporting those in the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) community, has just become more … Continue reading Our Autism Enabling Masterplan – High Priority Area #4 of 6
20 things I learned from 200 blogs (Part 3/4)
Hey glad you came back! Always thankful when readers return. After all, it's a big ask on my part to make you wait seven days each time before I reveal the complete list of 20 things about writing I learned. After posting my 200th blog! The good news is we're already halfway done. And by … Continue reading 20 things I learned from 200 blogs (Part 3/4)
My Monday Metrical Musings #30
Borrowed Time As the sun comes upOn a brand new day.The birds a-chirpingOn their merry way.I wake up, and I wonder Am I living on borrowed time? Thinking back to lost onesWho left us too young.Those whom I used to spar withIn class and schoolyard fun.I look back now, and I wonderAm I living on … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #30
Our Autism Enabling Masterplan – High Priority Area #3 of 6
Maybe I've hit the halfway mark here as I explore the topic of autism via a new master plan. Whatever it is, I now find this master plan series a lot harder to write about than I imagined. Why? It has a lot to do with what I've learned so far, including this particular HPA#3 … Continue reading Our Autism Enabling Masterplan – High Priority Area #3 of 6
20 things I learned from 200 blogs (Part 2/4)
Today I'm sharing my second installment of 20 things I learned from blogging these past two years, by listing the next five things. This time round, #6 - #10 will focus on the technicalities of writing itself. Here's hoping you'll find this list as helpful as last week's. Let's go! #6 Know what I'm writing … Continue reading 20 things I learned from 200 blogs (Part 2/4)