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 | August 21, 2020 | Writing
Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is 60 Seconds for Story Prompt Friday with several questions carefully chosen to help you collect stories in the oral tradition or spark your own writing. Either way, you’ll say, “Thanks for the...
by Diane Wyzga | August 14, 2020 | Writing
All the allies and enemies in your life story are there because you invited them. Now what? You didn’t get where you are all by your lonesome self, as my mom used to say. There are allies and enemies all along the way. Each and every one – in some way –...
by Diane Wyzga | August 12, 2020 | Writing
How is your life like a river? Who do you thank? They say that we can never go home again. I’ve always wondered about that and over the years have come to understand that we are like rivers. “No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning.”...
by Diane Wyzga | August 11, 2020 | Writing
Vocation: your deep gladness meets world’s deep need. Are you there? What a long time it can take to find out who you’ve always been, that deep identity, that true self who came here with a true vocation. Frederick Buechner says of vocation: “It’s the...
