writing and lighting my way

“I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.” – William Faulkner

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  • You know what I was not meant to have? Control. Self-, others-, situational-, political-, government-, project-, subordinate-. None of it. I am involuntarily exerting control over my words, even as I type them. I used to be able to write freely, flowingly, honestly, carelessly. Not in an “I-don’t-care-about-others” kind of…

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  • >Fake

    >Inauthentic. Disingenuous. That is what I am afraid of being. Yet it seems that our everyday lives are carefully constructed to encourage inauthenticity. Countless numbers…

  • >Irrational Thoughts

    >although it should have no effect on me at all, that the office worker who had no idea i was around today felt that it…

  • >Tonight I Want To Cry

    >I am listening to a song of this name on Keith Urban’s new CD Be Here. It’s a good one. If I were dating someone,…

  • >Cookies, Milk, Etc.

    >does it drive anyone else crazy when people write “etc.” like this: “ect.”? not the same. i just made some chocolate chip-pecan cookies that resulted…

About Me

I’m Christi, and I have been writing, well, since I learned to write as a little girl. I learned in my 40’s that writing saves lives and sanity, and that is exactly why I am still here.

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