A rumination on Salinger’s comment about writing for pleasure

Here’s the quote again. It’s been lingering in my mind.

I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure.
J.D. Salinger

Cunning obstructions

I worked my way out of a 20-year phobia about writing and now I don’t know what’s what.

When I write with focus and simplicity, I feel the energy of understanding. I finish the session glad that I wrote something.

The common sense of acceptance and the search for immortality

A few weeks ago I watched a compelling telepic out of Britian called The Occupation. The story centers on the intertwined fates of a group of British soldiers deployed to Iraq during the first war. That deployment became the…

February is the month of love

A touching tableau, as the bride and groom enter through the arbor, the ceremony consecrating their love complete and the celebration about to begin.

Their family waits by the entrance. Moments later, they gather for a group portrait.

High up