New Year’s (nonbinding) Intentions

We’re not going out tonight to some fabulous dinner party; we’re not going to a bar to drink and yell across the crowds to our friends; we’re not standing in Times Square with eighty gazillion people from out of town watching Snooki drop from a...

Reverb10: Ordinary Joy

Dec 27 prompt: Ordinary joy. Our most profound joy is often experienced during ordinary moments. What was one of your most joyful ordinary moments this year? When I first moved to New York to start my graduate degree, my plan was to get the degree and move the hell...

Reverb10: Food?

Prompt for Dec 26: Soul food. What did you eat this year that you will never forget? What went into your mouth & touched your soul? For any number of reasons, I’ll be glad when reverb10 is over. These prompts are starting to wear me down, although the...

Reverb10: Photo

Prompt from Dec 25: Photo – a present to yourself. Sift through all the photos of you from the past year. Choose one that best captures you; either who you are, or who you strive to be. Find the shot of you that is worth a thousand words. Share the image, who...

Reverb10: Everything’s Going to be Okay

Prompt for Dec 24: Everything’s OK. What was the best moment that could serve as proof that everything is going to be alright? And how will you incorporate that discovery into the year ahead? First of all, where do we stand on whether “alright” is...

Reverb10: Name

Prompt for Dec 23: New name. Let’s meet again, for the first time. If you could introduce yourself to strangers by another name for just one day, what would it be and why? I didn’t like my name when I was growing up. It seemed so ordinary, so dull. I...