January 2017 – Princeton Writes

Writing Resolutions

Stephanie Whetstone2020-01-10T11:37:05-05:00

Writing Resolutions So, the holiday decorations have been put away, diets have been started, and work has regained its rhythm, but what about your resolution to write every day? (And no, email doesn't count.) How’s that going? If it's not going exactly as planned, don’t despair. Keep trying anyway. You stand in a long line of famous writers who have resolved to write more and better in the new year, every year. It’s the resolution that counts, the desire to continue and to improve. The guilt of imperfectly adhering to your plan may bother you, but don’t let it sidetrack you. [...]

Writing ResolutionsStephanie Whetstone2020-01-10T11:37:05-05:00

glean (glēn)

Stephanie Whetstone2017-01-16T12:00:09-05:00

Definition (Verb) To gather or pick up in small quantities; to scrape together. Now chiefly with immaterial object, especially to glean information, to glean experience, etc. In Context "Whatever insights or glimpses of the truth I glean when sitting quietly in my wing chair – thinking, reading, or simply gazing out the window at a neighbor walking her dog – is what I write down." Phyllis Theroux, The Journal Keeper, 2010. This word was suggested by Tori Sikkema in the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.

glean (glēn)Stephanie Whetstone2017-01-16T12:00:09-05:00

Upstream (2016) by Mary Oliver

Stephanie Whetstone2017-01-01T19:21:27-05:00

Critical Assessment "Now 81, Oliver has published Upstream, a book of essays that provides deep insights and delightful anecdotes as she examines her role as a writer, reader and a spiritual seeker who constantly practices what she describes as the redemptive art of true effort. "The book opens with 'Upstream,' a lyrical piece where Oliver recalls wading upstream in rippling water as a child while her parents remained downstream. As she moved further and further away, some steps easy, others requiring great effort, she realized that she enjoyed being lost because she could feel her heart opening and opening again. That [...]

Upstream (2016) by Mary OliverStephanie Whetstone2017-01-01T19:21:27-05:00

Writing Resolutions

glean (glēn)

Upstream (2016) by Mary Oliver

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