Heloise JonesThe Missing Empty Days“I always forget how important the empty days are, how important it may be sometimes not to expect to produce anything, even a few lines in…Sep 25, 2018Sep 25, 2018
Heloise JonesLook for the Stories“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people…Aug 22, 2018Aug 22, 2018
Heloise JonesLessons from Sam ShepardJuly 27th was the one-year anniversary of the death of Sam Shepard, writer-actor-director. Someone I always felt in my bones. On the 29th…Aug 10, 2018Aug 10, 2018
Heloise JonesA Sharp PencilWhat is it inside our imagination that keeps surprising us at odd moments when something is given back We didn’t know we had had In…Jun 29, 2018Jun 29, 2018
Heloise JonesBecoming a Writer‘You identify with what you do!’ He said it with more of ah-ha than surprise. ‘I sure do,’ I said. ‘I’m a writer, and mentor, and I love…Jun 15, 2018Jun 15, 2018
Heloise JonesThe Gift of Curiosity“Life on earth is a written language that is read through the living of it. . .” ~ Jamie K. Reaser (from In This Way) *Feb 26, 2018Feb 26, 2018
Heloise JonesWriting is ConnectionI had the experience the other night of reading a poem I’ve written to a new friend. I haven’t read the poem in a very long time. While…May 13, 2017May 13, 2017
Heloise JonesRemembrance PoppiesDo you know the remembrance poppy? How the landscape in Flanders was such a wasteland after WWI that few elements of the natural world…Jun 16, 2016Jun 16, 2016
Heloise Jones8 More. What Being an Author Taught Me About LifeI am destined to move at night on the secondary roads of the American dream. I took my first off ramp after years of traveling under…Mar 15, 2016Mar 15, 2016
Heloise JonesI Am Not Neutral on ThisDuring this season of political buffoonery with horse race discussions, mud slings, and divisive parodies of our fellow human beings, as…Mar 8, 2016Mar 8, 2016