THE WIDE WINDOW
Welcome to my first blog post from “The Wide Window.”
When Women and Words began their hiatus, I suspected I wasn’t quite ready to stop speaking. My suspicions were correct. I followed a schedule (fourth Thursday of each month) for W & W, and that was a good idea because it helped keep me focused on an assigned task. This time around, I’d like to post when I feel the need to express my random thoughts and invite any readers to respond. I’ll post on Facebook and Twitter to let you know when I’ve blogged.
I’ve titled this blog page “The Wide Window” because I want the freedom to write about a plethora of topics. I’ve always loved the word “plethora,” although at times it sounds like the name of a dermatological problem.
Some of my posts will be personal/memoir while others will be inspired by current events. I’m pretty much dedicated to the theory of writing serving a purpose other than art for the sake of art. I can’t escape the notion that writers have a responsibility to think, ask questions, and probe the situations that surround us. One’s writing is a living, breathing entity filled with the potential to stimulate thought about those things that affect us politically, socially, personally.
Latest from the Blog
A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
At least two seasons have blown by since I wrote my last blog. Overwhelmed by the results of last November’s election, I muted my pen. Suddenly flattened by a life-changing illness, I lost my desire to write. Shattered by the loss of my wife, writing and reading became abstract concepts. To this day, my hands…
PDDS
POST DEBATE DISTRESS SYNDROME Dear readers, three days have passed since last Thursday night’s debate, and I am trying my best to gather my thoughts and feelings about the event. Do I force my worries down my gullet and join the voices who say, “He had a bad night. That’s all.” Or do I lean…
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR
It’s the first of May, a day associated with warm Spring air, trees sporting their baby-green leaves, and birds’ nests sheltering newborns, their gauzy precursors of wings, their tiny beaks constantly open. If you’re in France today, particularly in Paris, you’re taking note of which streets will be impassable due to labor/political related demonstrations. Busloads…
Get new content delivered directly to your inbox.
The Wide Window 