The Writing Blues

Can’t Escape Them

John O'Neill
Weeds & Wildflowers
2 min readMar 5

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Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash

I settled down in my favorite recliner after having walked the dog and shoveled snow twice already today. Determined to write, it had been almost a week since my last published piece. Hoping that this would be the day that I would weave words forming something inspirational. Nothing came, total brain silence. All right, perhaps an uplifting poem to brighten this dreary snowy day will come my way. Still…

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John O'Neill
Weeds & Wildflowers

Retired human services executive, living in Massachusetts near Boston, trying to be a better human being each day than the day before.