The writing shed by the numbers:🍓200 2 x 4 wood boards 🍓96 square feet 🍓60 weekends of work 🍓12 trips to Lowe’s 🍓10 roofing panels and a ridge cap🍓7 trusses🍓6 gallons of paint🍓4 footings 🍓3 pairs of hands🍓2 years of building 🍓1 pegboard🍓1 pimped out secretary desk🍓1 Milago heart 🍓Countless invitations to the fairies in […]
Day 5: Sustain. To retreat means to step back in a quiet and “out of the way” place. But, I don’t aim to recreate the energy of this place when I return to my life in Albuquerque. Instead, I want to continue to find practices that sustain the energy I need to continue to take […]
Day 4 writing retreat: Free spirit. I needed to find some play within the schedule on Day 4. I was feeling antsy, a little tired in my body-mind, and wanted to shake things up a little bit. So, I mixed in other activities with the writing ones to keep me engaged and to resolve some […]