Do You Spend More Time Thinking About the Past or the Future? I used to live in the past. Not in a loud or dramatic way—more like a quiet return, again and again, to familiar rooms of memory. I didn’t always realize I was doing it. It felt natural. Comfortable, even. The past had a weight to it, but it was a weight I understood.

What Are My Biggest Challenges? It’s 11:22 as I sit down to write this — and that feels worth noticing. Not because it’s mystical or predictive, but because it invites a pause. A moment to breathe before moving forward. I’ve always noticed patterns like that, not as signs to follow, but as gentle reminders to be present. And right now, presence feels important.

How Am I Creative? (A Writing Prompt, A Window, and an Invitation) If you were to look through the window of my creativity today, you wouldn’t see a perfectly curated studio or a single, polished art form. You’d see movement — ideas in motion, stories unfolding, and an open door inviting you to step inside. One of the ways I express creativity today is deceptively simple:

Daily writing prompt What positive events have taken place in your life over the past year? View all responses When WordPress asks, “What positive events have taken place in your life over the past year?” my instinct is to laugh. Like… this year? The year of collective endurance, political chaos, loss, recovery, and plot twists no one ordered? Okay. Let’s talk.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts a Kp index of four out of nine Saturday night.

Missouri just crossed a line. The Attorney General used ICE against ordinary petition gatherers in an attempt to block a citizen-led challenge to gerrymandering. This isn’t governance — it’s psychological manipulation and a direct threat to democracy.

Daily writing prompt What are your two favorite things to wear? View all responses Good afternoon, Friends — and welcome to my regular readers and anyone meeting me for the first time through this writing prompt. I love prompts like this because they seem simple on the surface but always open the door to something deeper — usually about intention, mindful living, and the ways our choices tell our story.

The stuff of authoritarianism.

ALT: a dachshund is laying on a blanket with the words happy sunday