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Pigeon Pea Project - a non-profit endeavorWriting through lifelong fearsThe encouragement seems urgent. It’s not just “You can do it, Mama,” but more like, “Write Mama. And don’t worry about what anyone thinks —…Dec 23, 2023Dec 23, 2023
Pigeon Pea Project - a non-profit endeavorWriting cookbook connects us to culinary heritageThe note tablet declared “E.S. Harper III,” atop the page, as if people in town might know E.S. Harper III. It was my uncle, and the pads…Dec 19, 2023Dec 19, 2023
Pigeon Pea Project - a non-profit endeavorSharing the wonder — and the best of my childhoodJust in from Lars’ 29th birthday camping trip, hopped in a warm shower and the thoughts wash over me:Dec 8, 2023Dec 8, 2023
Pigeon Pea Project - a non-profit endeavorMusic: Oft-ignored brain supportPhotographs and drawings hung all over the woman’s hospital walls. A young couple’s wedding. A smiling family portrait. Hand-crayoned cards…Nov 23, 2023Nov 23, 2023
Pigeon Pea Project - a non-profit endeavorPost-newsroom grief leads to healthy futureI’m 15 years removed from walking out of the mid-sized daily newsroom where I’d been a senior reporter, bureau chief and assistant bureau…Nov 18, 2023Nov 18, 2023
Pigeon Pea Project - a non-profit endeavorPity-party? Try a good S.L.A.P.Four steps for continued momentum in self-improvememtNov 8, 2023Nov 8, 2023
Pigeon Pea Project - a non-profit endeavorNo rhythm? Musical improv improves neuro healthI call them “Neural Jams,” these unrehearsed music-making sessions with a guitar and drum set, two people and a closed room. We enter the…Nov 6, 2023Nov 6, 2023
Pigeon Pea Project - a non-profit endeavorCan You Break Writer’s Block?The Unwritten Writer lives a panged life.Nov 3, 2023Nov 3, 2023