Suzy Was Here

  “Come on Gal!  Hit the ball!  God dammit!”   This is the sound of my 77-year-old Mother shouting at herself during her tennis lesson this morning.   “No! No! No!” she screams as she slams the racquet into the ball.   “Move it!” she shouts,...
What Racquetball Teaches Me About Creativity

What Racquetball Teaches Me About Creativity

This post was inspired by watching a number of my students sink after what they considered a less-than-stellar session of writing. It is dedicated to them and to anyone who makes things: art, stories, pie. It is a note to the part of ourselves that gets frustrated...