• Life - Retro Post - Writing

    Retro Post: My Thoughts on Why I Write

    The following is a post I made on an earlier iteration of the CrushedMuffin site. Below the post, I will toss in my current-state two-cents; what the “now” me thinks about what the “then” me wrote. [cryout-pullquote align=”center” textalign=”left” width=”80%”] My Thoughts On Why I Write POSTED  10-AUGUST-2002 I think…

  • Baking

    Biscotti Recipe(s)

    At a recent writer retreat and workshop on Writing the Other (more on this later), I spent some time in the kitchen making treats for the writers and instructors.  A popular one was the biscotti, and I was asked to share the recipe, hence this post.  What follows is original…

  • Goals - Writing

    Daruma Doll

    A while back a friend of mine gave me a Daruma doll he picked up on his most recent trip to Japan. When I received it, the eyes were blank. Following what my friend told me, I set a wish/goal that I wanted to achieve as I filled in one…

  • Depression - Goals - Writing

    Points System

    I have been struggling lately to use my time to do the things that I aspire to do with my time.  Instead I squander my time on the enjoyable activities (e.g. binge watching Veronica Mars) because, dang it, I deserve to pamper myself. But if you do it all the…

  • Admin

    Obligatory “first” post

    Welcome to my website. It has lain fallow for about two years now. Prior to 2012 I was managing this site via HTML, and decided to switch to WordPress. After the switchover, I neglected to bring any of the previous information or pages over to the new format. And honestly,…