Cynthia Harrison
Novelist
Category: Joy of Writing
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Happier
While reading the newspaper on my Kindle (and apparently checking out my archives), Al recently remarked that I’d read 100 books since Christmas. Probably way more than that, because for some books, only the real thing, with actual pages to turn, will do, and Happier by Tal Ben-Shahar, is one of them. Some books I know I’m…
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Subtle Influences
I’ve been studying astrology this summer, learning how to read my birth chart, which I had drawn up a few years ago at one of those computerized sites. The site spit out a reading along with the chart, but I’ve heard those can be impersonal and not exactly on target. The best person to read a…
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On Thoughts & Thinking
One of the most profound things I read this summer was a little comment about thinking: “You are not your thoughts.” Understanding that idea freed me from years of needless suffering. Because I always assumed that yes, of course I was my thoughts, and therefore my thoughts reflected who I was and my reality. And why is…
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imperfect beautiful book
Was pretty simple to upload Paradise Fields into a thumb drive and take it over to Fed Ex. The guy there was so out of his depth with poetry chapbooks. He made me a sample copy and it was, you know, not normal. (Sort of like me.) I could have taken it home and worked on it…
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Art Day
It’s gorgeous and sunny outside. This morning, Al and I sat on the patio and had a cup of coffee for the first time since last fall. I can report that the Kindle is as easy to read in the sun as it is in the house;-) I’ve been in such a good mood all day. This morning…