flawed but authentic

 
A few weeks ago I promised to write a post every Thursday. I made it two weeks before I screwed up. I think that is mighty Flawed of me, but I won’t beat myself up about it too badly.
Back before the Internet, before blogging, before PostSecret, there was The Sun Magazine’s “Readers Write” Section. [...]

Teen writers share where they find inspiration.
Songwriters share where they find inspiration.
I find Anne Lamott to be very inspiring. 
I love this “I am a Loser” speech given by the winner of the 1997 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
Finally, Sarah Vowell is a super hero. 

A few months after my middle child was born, I was roped into participating in The Artist’s Way, a 12-step creativity recovery program developed by Julia Cameron. The book had been calling my name ever since I’d picked it off out of my mother’s bookshelf on a visit home, a year or two before. I’d [...]

Every week on Friday, NPR has Storycorps on, and every week it makes me cry.
Storycorps is a project where a traveling recording booth goes around the country and people get a chance to interview their loved ones. The best stories are picked to be on the radio, and they are such touching and lovely stuff.
Today [...]

I promise not all my Wednesday posts are going to be pulled from old Utah newspapers, but I thought this story of forgiveness was particularly moving. Mother of shooting victim forgives killer. While it’s an amazingly huge thing to do—many of us would be inclined to punish the killer to the full extent [...]

Today I’m going to make you cry.
And how will I accomplish this, you ask?
Well, I’m going to share a few things that consistently bring tears to my eyes in a feel good sort of way.
First up? There’s this. I visit Blackbird’s website every day because she’s so damned cozy. I visit her Terminal entry about [...]

Recently, I spent some time discussing with Jenn from Breed Em And Weep about what it means to make a difference in life. For her, it stemmed from a conversation we had about dealing with depression. It was a your garden variety discourse on the topic, but it could be applied to anyone. It even [...]