Virginia GilbertI agree with your headline and subhead (What's measurable isn't always important, and what's…Since you mentioned the craft of writing and offered one of your favorite articles in contrast to one of your most read articles, I'd like…Mar 24, 2021Mar 24, 2021
Virginia GilbertinHingedDraining My Mind While Sifting through RhymeI’m inspired by the prompt of colander and decided I’m in, around and all under but can’t decide should I throw the ball under or over…Jun 20, 2020Jun 20, 2020
Virginia GilbertinHingedLove is LongBut though hate rises in enfolding flame At each renewed oppression, soon it dies: It sinks as quickly as we saw it rise, While love’s…Jun 13, 20202Jun 13, 20202
Virginia GilbertinHingedAltered States of Consciousness: Time Travel to an EarthquakeNorri woke with the familiar snap and looked around. The air was chilly. The limestone slab was there, but somehow the chiseled lettering…Jun 6, 2020Jun 6, 2020
Virginia GilbertinHingedGran’s Tool BoxI’m sitting at my grandmother’s bedside, watching the rise and fall of her breathing, wondering whether she will awaken and, if so…May 16, 20201May 16, 20201
Virginia GilbertinHingedI Conquered My Fear and Got Into the Biology Lab — Step by StepDon’t look down. Just look ahead. Hold onto the rail and step forward. You can do this. Hold your books. Look into other people’s faces…May 2, 2020May 2, 2020
Virginia GilbertinHingedLegos: A Parent’s Dilemma“Now put away those legos ‘fore they’re stepped on.” I hear my Mom’s command, but have another thought: Be careful, or the image in the…Nov 9, 2019Nov 9, 2019
Virginia GilbertSeven Tips to Tighten Your WritingIn my 28 years at a metropolitan daily newspaper, the managing editor often exhorted us to “write tight.”Jan 31, 20191Jan 31, 20191
Virginia GilbertMachine of DeathWhat if a machine could tell you how you were going to die?Sep 24, 2018Sep 24, 2018