Caring for Our Needs

In my last post, I expressed in very honest terms the state of my mental health at this time. While most of the sentiments in that (rather scary) post still ring true on some level, there has been a subtle shift in the last several months. Read more …

How to Write a Book That Somebody Will Love

When I was five, I wrote my very first book. It was titled (cough, cough) Cute Little Baby and Cute Little Kid, and it was about a half dozen pages, maybe. It was mostly a few sloppy words with a bunch of stick-figure illustrations, but my kid-self was super, super proud of it. Read more …

The Future of Winder Place

At the time of this writing, the Winder Place blog is not actually public yet. I’ve been writing content awhile in preparation for launching the website.

So if you’re reading this right now, that has changed. Winder Place has gone “live,” as they say. Read more …

Self-Imposition or Self-Expression?

I’ve been wrestling with this question a lot lately. How do we know the difference?

In a way, it’s sort of funny that I would conflate these two at all. Self-expression is a way of honoring ourselves, perhaps through art, or through saying what we really think or feel. Read more …