Tag Archives: writing

What a Painting Reveals

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Tricia

My remarkable friend Naomi in Kyoto, has generously featured a collage of mine on her website’s Chasing Writing in Art link. It’s humbling to be there with so many amazing artists. Here’s my collage and a few words. Please check out Naomi’s site … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bosnian war, Grief, healing, Kyoto, memoir, motherhood, suicide, time, United Nations, war, writing | 7 Comments

A Room of My Own

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Tricia

The chunk of time and solitude I find necessary to write a blog post never appeared last week. Some mornings I managed to grab a half-hour or so before work to hack away at my memoir (still!) but I need … Continue reading →

Posted in Seasonal Musings | Tagged back to school, garden, light, meditation, memoir, morning, motherhood, nature, seasons, solitude, time, work, writing | 4 Comments

The Next Big Thing ‘Blog Hop’

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Tricia

Some time ago, the wonderful Nina Sankovitch, author of Tolstoy and the Purple Chair tagged me to participate in an online ‘blog-hop’ or ‘blog-tour’. If this were a relay race, my teammates would be wondering where the hell I was. Well, … Continue reading →

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Drifts of Snow, Angles of Light

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Tricia

The snow brought a lovely quiet and a rare state of ‘not-doing’ to my home. Life always seems a constant of ‘must-do’s’. You know, the endless lists: laundry, cook, clean, groceries, pay-bills, exercise squeezed in around a 40 hour job. … Continue reading →

Posted in Seasonal Musings | Tagged books, cooking, learning to relax, light, meditation, morning, nature, neighborhood, seasons, snow, time, walks, work, writing | 3 Comments

Off the Couch

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Tricia

Do you ever wake up with great intentions to be productive – for me that meant writing, cleaning, organizing – and then spend most of the day lolly-gagging? This was the kind of morning and early afternoon I had. … Continue reading →

Posted in Seasonal Musings | Tagged books, dog, light, morning, nature, neighborhood, reading, time, Walk, writing | 4 Comments

A Year in My (Fantasy) Life of Retirement

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Tricia

In another 8 months, my daughter will be off to her new life as a college student. This imminent change for both of us has cooked up a veritable soup of emotions but also, a sense of possibility about what … Continue reading →

Posted in Seasonal Musings | Tagged aging, food, garden, groundhogs, Japan, kayaking, Kyoto, learning to relax, light, lottery, Love, meditation, morning, nature, Norwalk, seasons, travel, walks, writing | 8 Comments

Naked Suicide

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Tricia

Recently, the number of visitors to my blog increased incredibly. Why? The piece on the Newtown tragedy perhaps? It wouldn’t be my Department of Motor Vehicle post…who from Columbia, Romania or Turkey would be interested in that? No. The hits … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Grief, healing, stats, suicide, time, writing | 2 Comments

Wishing

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Tricia

I became obsessed with wishing at a very early age. My bedtime ritual included peering through the screened window out over neighboring Bronx buildings into the smoggy city sky and wishing on the first star I saw that night. Now … Continue reading →

Posted in Seasonal Musings | Tagged healing, lottery, meditation, motherhood, neighborhood, time, writing | 1 Comment

Worldly Distractions (and my new i-phone)

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Tricia

The cup of tea on the table behind me grows cold, the ceiling needs painting, my finger throbs from yesterday’s accidental slicing, there is too much pressure on my right ankle sitting cross-legged like this, my stomach is grumbling – … Continue reading →

Posted in Seasonal Musings | Tagged learning to relax, meditation, morning, time, writing | 2 Comments

To Sit, To Breathe

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Tricia

Look what I found at a tag sale yesterday: I’ve been thinking about meditation recently so this little zabuton is the perfect inspiration to get my ass positioned for a ‘sit’. Reasons to do so are plentiful: relieves stress, inspires … Continue reading →

Posted in Seasonal Musings, Uncategorized | Tagged Japan, journal, Kyoto, learning to relax, meditation, nature, travel, writing | 2 Comments