by jo | Aug 25, 2015 | Everyday Stories, Memoir & Essays
I don’t see very many writers who even try to write about the hard things, so the fact that I do it at all seems to set me apart somewhat. The writers that do, do it incredibly, and I learn from them regularly. But that’s something I often hear as feedback: You write...
by jo | Aug 19, 2015 | Everyday Stories, fitness and health, Jos __ before __ Birthday lists, Memoir & Essays, Travel
A quick story: I was out disk golfing (courtesy of my Jo’s 26 before 26 list I’m now a regular disk golfer). We came up to a pin and there was something in the pin. “What is that?” I asked my friend Brian who was closer to it. “It’s...
by jo | Aug 11, 2015 | fiction writings & poetry, The "New" Challenge
Note: These are just in the order I wrote them. I’m including all 12 for posterity, but 1, 4, 5, 10, and 12 are my favorites. #1 10.26.14 Fear of Fragile All of us are dying, that’s the crux of life Life weights you down like a child on your knee ticking off the...
by jo | Aug 4, 2015 | Everyday Stories
I am in my last days of being a 25-year-old. Friday I will turn 26. Since my last birthday I have moved twice, to two different states. I have been to 5 foreign countries (two of them for the first time). I have visited and been visited by friends from around the...