Something odd will cross my mind, or a memory will catch me off guard, or my monkey mind will swing from the ceiling fan, or a tiny ant will crawl up the bookcase next to my chair. Then I get curious and curiosity is the first step in an unknown direction
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Clothesline
When words began to fail me, I started to draw. I’m not good at it, but that doesn’t mess with my fun. The other day, waiting for inspiration, rather absently I drew a line that went across the page. It turned out to be an empty clothesline...
Ovals, Feathers,& the Trouble With Sky
I am in love again, this time with a shape. As soon as I pick up the pen, my hand draws an oval and then it can’t stop. Big ones, small ones, one after another. I don’t know why. Maybe because they are so easy. One lovely swoop and it’s don...
I WOKE UP FROM A DREAM
I woke up at one-thirty and got right out of bed. There must have been a reason, but it was now out of reach. I was excited, willing to wait. Half an hour later I went back to bed but as soon as I lay down, I got up. I remembered the dream....
Drawing
.It’s four in the morning again. Both dogs woke from a sound sleep and started barking half an hour ago. Must be a bear out there. I’d be writing now, if I were still writing. Crazy hours to be awake were always fruitful. Instead, I drank s...
MORE FOOD AND A WORKSHOP
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I love to eat and I love to cook. Sometimes I eat the same thing for days. Recently, it’s been polenta. I can eat polenta for a week—sometimes accompanied with garlic and fire roasted tomatoes, maybe a fe...
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Abigail Thomas has four children, twelve grandchildren, two great grandchildren, two dogs, eleven books, and a high school education. And she loves writing short pieces about nothing at all to find out why something tiny made her curious.
On Substack: @Writer-ish and @Drafts, Deals & Detours. Also: Bestselling novelist, published in 11 languages. And: Micro prose author, essayist, editor, teacher. Super proud of: Poetry Society of America fellowship. Writes from: Island of Hawaiʻi.
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