Shirley DawsonWRITING IS A MUSCLE THAT YOU MUST EXERCISEI forgot how to write. Everything was o.k. for awhile. My newly broken neck gave me subject fodder — and joke material — for a few months…Jul 301Jul 301
Shirley DawsonCONNECTIONSHeinz died last night. I never knew him. He was my best friend’s lifelong friend. She’s in mourning. I don’t know how to comfort her. I…Oct 30, 2023Oct 30, 2023
Shirley DawsonGUILT, HAPPY, LOVE“Existential guilt is inherent in being human. It is part of the human condition for all of us. This is acknowledging that I am fallible. I…Aug 27, 2023Aug 27, 2023
Shirley Dawson“Ease his pain.”My brother Bill died this morning. He was born in 1930, the oldest of five McDonald children and 14 years older than me. When my younger…Jul 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023
Shirley DawsonETERNAL LIFEI meet weekly with a small group of truth seekers. The class is Buddha 101. A few years ago, during Covid lock down, I took the online “…Jun 24, 2023Jun 24, 2023
Shirley DawsonEMPATHY RUN AMUCK?Heidi was a confident, independent child. She met people and unfamiliar events with curiosity. She and her older sister regularly spent…Mar 18, 2023Mar 18, 2023
Shirley DawsonSquirrels and MotorcyclesSquirrel Nutkin, a little red squirrel, comes to visit my house every morning.Jan 28, 2023Jan 28, 2023
Shirley DawsonOh, How Lucky Can You Get!I just won a Dyson vacuum cleaner! How lucky can you get?Jan 10, 2023Jan 10, 2023
Shirley DawsonWRITING PROMPTSAre you the same person you were 2 years ago? How? How not?Dec 20, 2022Dec 20, 2022
Shirley DawsonWHAT ABOUT ICELANDKathleen had a particularly aggressive cancer. Her medical care team told her to get her life in order.Oct 23, 2022Oct 23, 2022