Regular blog readers and Instagram followers know how much I enjoy creating blackout poems. I use old free books to make them, but occasionally use other means as well. I enjoy seeing what alternative sentences emerge from the words on a given page. Sometimes they seem profound, at other times they’re rather ordinary. And sometimes,Continue reading “Offbeat Blackout Poems”
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Pancakes and Inspiration
A few years ago, I read Theft By Finding by David Sedaris, which is a collection of his diary entries from 1977 to 2002. Most of them are very short, and mostly stories and concrete observations rather than expressions or explorations of feelings. Even the most mundane things that he writes down are interesting snippets of aContinue reading “Pancakes and Inspiration”
My Joy Logbook
I chose Joy as my word for 2024. When it began to arise as a possibility late last year, I was resistant to it because it is so often misused and abused, particularly in faith circles. Why would I want to choose a word that can be so weaponized, used in ways that ignore orContinue reading “My Joy Logbook”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 