Falling in Love With Reading Again after Brain Injury
July 19, 2021
A post about falling in love with reading again after a severe traumatic brain injury. … More Falling in Love With Reading Again after Brain Injury
Tag: creative nonfiction
Writing with emotion after Traumatic Brain Injury
June 26, 2021
A blog post where I discuss the challenges I face writing with emotions after my severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). I also discuss July’s upcoming Camp NaNoWriMo. … More Writing with emotion after Traumatic Brain Injury
When masks make everyone sound like an adult from a “Peanuts” cartoon and a book review.
June 8, 2021
I discuss how masks and their affect on my hearing has brought back a childhood memory. I also give a brief book review of the novel “Such a Fun Age.” … More When masks make everyone sound like an adult from a “Peanuts” cartoon and a book review.
Stop apologizing for what makes you different, including brain injury.
May 29, 2021
I realize that I have been subconsciously apologizing for my brain injury making me different and I decide to stop apologizing. I discuss in this essay. … More Stop apologizing for what makes you different, including brain injury.
Writing Update: Poetry and Puttering
May 20, 2021
This blog post is a writing update with some actual writing news (a link to some of my published writing) and a discussion of more to come. … More Writing Update: Poetry and Puttering
Battling your brain #TBIthursday and Hearing Loss Technology
May 13, 2021
Living with a brain injury is like battling yourself sometimes. … More Battling your brain #TBIthursday and Hearing Loss Technology
Feeling nomadic during a pandemic #TBIthursday
May 6, 2021
Recently I watched this year’s Best Picture Academy Award winner “Nomadland.” The film strikes me as a very American story about a woman without a permanent home or job who finds herself living a nomadic life after the death of her husband and the loss of her job and community (“Very American” because of the … More Feeling nomadic during a pandemic #TBIthursday
Restless Healing
May 3, 2021
The act of healing implies time passing. However, sometimes it gets hard for time to pass without feeling restless. A book review of “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle is included. … More Restless Healing
Writing Update: Meeting inspiration where it’s found
April 24, 2021
As someone who is a lifelong creative and writer, I am now realizing my creativity has ebbs and flows to it. And instead of beating myself up for the ebb, I am giving myself a little grace. #writingupdate … More Writing Update: Meeting inspiration where it’s found
The many versions of self after healing from trauma
April 18, 2021
A little essay about the long and varied process of healing after trauma (particularly a coma and TBI). I also discuss the Oscars (coming up on April 25th). … More The many versions of self after healing from trauma
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