by Diane Wyzga | September 25, 2020 | Writing
Whether it’s basketball or personal resilience, we practice until it’s second nature. Down the hill from my home is a boy who has been growing into a teenager. I’ve watched him playing hoops in the driveway against a backboard nailed to the garage. When he was younger...
by Diane Wyzga | September 15, 2020 | Writing
I don’t know about you, but of late I’ve been feeling fearful and insecure. What can I do? If I call a feeling by its true name I can identify it. If I claim it as mine then I can do something about it. As to taming it? That takes practice: Breathing in I feel fear...
by Diane Wyzga | September 14, 2020 | Writing
Wondering why the grass is always greener over there? I know. Who here has looked at the grass growing on the other side of the fence and seen that it’s greener? Everybody! Of course, the grass is always greener growing on the other side. But do you know how come?...
by Diane Wyzga | September 11, 2020 | Writing
Not too very long ago I saw a man wearing a tee shirt that read: “Many things in life will catch your eye but only a few will catch your heart. Follow those.” He was gone before I could ask him: What’s the story behind your tee shirt? How did you come to have it? What...
by Diane Wyzga | September 2, 2020 | Writing
One of my very earliest story mentors was Jay O’Callahan. He was fond of saying,”Choose! Choose! Choose!” What were we choosing? Words. To Jay words were like precious drops of water offered to a parched man’s tongue. Don’t waste them! If you have 5 words,...
