I sat down a few days ago, fully intending to start a collection of posts to share some lessons learned from my MFA program, but then my shower started leaking. Water streaming from the ceiling, down the cupboard, and pooling on the floor leaking. Talk about a procrastination opportunity! I mopped, I cleaned, I wiped down every corner of the cupboard and all the spice jars. Twice. I called the plumber. They said they were booked for days. I imagined sharing my bathroom for da

My phone pinged this morning with a text. The first words out of my mouth were, “What’s that? The airline telling me my flight’s cancelled?” Turns out…. That’s the power of putting words out there. So here I am, in the airport with a long layover, feeling grateful that I’ll be home by the end of the day after some rerouting (they really ought to give booking agents a box of tissues at the front counter, shouldn’t they?) with a little time to take stock. I finished up my MFA i