Writing

My Kingdom For Some Context

by Monica February 26, 2013

Context: I took photo last year in Chiang Mai, at the Thai Freedom House, a not-for-profit community center that assists refugees from Burma and Indigenous peoples of Thailand. Last week I celebrated President’s Day with a blog post about Lincoln, both the man and the movie. The post took a bit longer to write than anticipated, [...]

Ten Blog Posts Blog-Ed

by Monica December 23, 2012

From now through December 25th, I’ll be taking a look at the past year by sharing experiences that correlate to the number of the day in the countdown. :: On the Tenth Day of Christmas, 2012 gave to me… Ten Blog Posts Blog-ed Nine Streams of Income Eight Bests of Brooklyn Seven Stamps A Stamping [...]

Nine Streams Of Income

by Monica December 22, 2012

From now through December 25th, I’ll be taking a look at the past year by sharing experiences that correlate to the number of the day in the countdown. :: On the Eighth Day of Christmas, 2012 gave to me… Nine Streams of Income Eight Bests of Brooklyn Seven Stamps A Stamping Six Books For Reading [...]

Six Books For Reading

by Monica December 19, 2012

From now through December 25th, I’ll be taking a look at the past year by sharing experiences that correlate to the number of the day in the countdown. :: On the Sixth Day of Christmas, 2012 gave to me… Six Books For Reading Five Masterings Four Special Skirts Three Conferences Two Half-Marathons And a new [...]

The Rewrite

by Monica October 10, 2012

Remember the popular mean girls back in high school? I’m from Orange County so they were particularly… intense. At the time, I would have traded my soul to be like them– No braces, no frizzy hair, no apparent care in the world aside from deciding which party to attend on Friday night. But hindsight is [...]

Ambiguity As Fuel For Creativity & Life

by Monica April 24, 2012

We all hate moral ambiguity in some sense, and yet it is also absolutely necessary. In writing a story, it is the place where I begin.” ~ Amy Tan, author The Joy Luck Club For most of my life I fought this desire to live in the grey. Now, I not only accept the lack [...]

Next Stop

by Monica December 1, 2011

Ok, so I’ve been waxing poetic long enough about the direction this website is heading. It’s time to roll up my sleeves and get down to business. These past few months have been a whirlwind of travels, brainstorming, re-evaluating, second-guessing and copious amounts of caffeine. But by diving in and hitting the road without knowing [...]

Let Me Slip Into Something More Uncomfortable

by Monica July 19, 2011

Today I ran for an hour after not running (or exercising at all) for the past 10 days thanks to a little mishap. I’m not totally healed (which is evident by the incredulous looks I get from strangers on the street) and the run was uncomfortable. And I loved it. Why? Because I feel most [...]

In With The New

by Monica December 31, 2010

Happy Last Day of 2010!!! For my final post of the year, I thought it fitting to respond to the final Reverb10 prompt: December 31 – Core Story What central story is at the core of you, and how do you share it with the world? (Bonus: Consider your reflections from this month. Look through [...]

Word-Play

by Monica December 1, 2010

Can someone please tell me how it can possibly be December already??? The LAST month of 2010??!!… Bananas One of my favorite aspects of closing this chapter every year is the ability to reflect back. I am so often guilty of looking ahead to try and see what’s next that it can be a sort [...]

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