Category: Creativity

July 20, 2020 Pat

I can’t end racism and I can’t stop a pandemic and I can’t unseat a president. But what I can do is lean into the thing that awakens my heart.

February 4, 2020 Pat

Every piece of writing – fiction, nonfiction, screenplays, essays, book proposals, academic journals, short stories, poems – is personal.

September 13, 2019 Pat

We reached altitude and the pilot turned off the Fasten Seatbelt sign. I immediately jumped up to retrieve Big Magic from my bag. There wasn’t enough space to bring back a morsel of Callier chocolate, but I managed to shove that well-worn hardback into a bag whose seams were on the verge of bursting open.

August 10, 2019 Pat

I’m not sure when precisely it happened, maybe in my mid-20s, but my body cannot tolerate spicy foods any more. It (my body) rejects them orally, gastrointestinally, and sleepily.

August 2, 2019 Pat

After taking the contacts out of my eyes, I fell into bed, fast asleep before my head even hit the pillow. My final thought was, “I have never been this tired in my life.”