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We had rented a cabin in Lake Tahoe for a family weekend in the snow. After a long week of work and school, we packed the old blue Ford truck with bags, sleds and kids. As soon as we hit the road, the traffic piled up and my husband grunted and cursed about the slow crawl while gripping the wheel.

I drag a chair next to my mother propped up in her bed with the guardrail keeping her secure. After years of gracefully dodging cancer, my mother now requires the daily care provided by an assisted-living facility. Today her face is peaceful, arms curled and folded over her distended belly as she breaths.

A simple writing prompt guaranteed to bring you into presence and tap into your well of creativity…

A few years ago this month, I walked into the San Rafael farmer’s market with my 20 pound 1967 Smith-Corona typewriter and a white poster board sign I hand lettered: “Free Typewriter Poems.”

Free writing is a great exercise to use when you are overwhelmed and don’t know where to start with a writing project.

I used to believe that haikus were only for serious poets that lived in Japan and practiced calligraphy.

I love to shift my brain from its routine analytical march through life to the wide-open playground where my creative potential resides.