Dear Yoga Mat,
Letters
Dear Yoga Mat, You never scold me for staying away longer than I should and I need to remember when I roll out my mat and step to the top ... Read more
Letters
Dear Long Distance Stare,
Letters
Dear Long Distance Stare, You’ve gotten me into trouble a few times in public. “Stare hard, retard.” OR “What are you lookin’ at?” That sort of thing. If I had ... Read more
Dear Pride,
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Pride, You may not be everything, but there are days when if it weren’t for you, I’d turn in my pen and take up baking. Yours gratefully, Liz Buy my books ... Read more
Dear End Goal,
Letters
Dear End Goal, You are publication, ultimately, but also just desire to have finished the work. At a recent writer’s group meeting a friend proposed that one of our greatest ... Read more
Dear Ladies,
Letters
Your awesomeness inspires me! Your perseverance in the face of struggle keeps me humble and faithful. All the dreams I’ve ever had began with those first friends, those girlfriends–at that ... Read more
Dear Letter In The Mail,
Letters
Dear Letter In The Mail, I look for you every day, though at times you have stayed away for years. I have put bundles at a time of my own ... Read more
Dear Procrastination
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Dear Procrastination, Let’s get real. Writing is hard. I’ve never done anything harder. Or more rewarding. But it’s the hard part that makes me turn to you, old pal. If ... Read more
Dear Solitude,
Letters
Dear Solitude, You are sometimes hard to come by anymore in my beautiful, busy, love-drenched life, but without you, shadows pool in my eyes and I struggle to see or ... Read more
Dear Imagination Tree,
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Dear Imagination Tree, Half way into a ten mile run, half way up a doozy of a hill, you shifted my perspective the instant my brain received the sight of ... Read more
Dear Paper and Pen,
Letters
Dear Pen and Paper, I bought a manual typewriter from a junk shop downtown Aberdeen and typed my first short story on it. I was eighteen. I didn’t own a ... Read more