Amory Peck
When I read Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming, it felt like a conversation with a good friend–casual, witty, and personal. Then, as talk with a good friend often does, her words became just what I needed to hear. “For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it, instead, as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end.”
Of course! No matter our age, we’re all in the process of becoming some new innovation of ourselves. Approaching eighty, I find myself sorting through memories, reconsidering what I’ve learned, and putting together the worldview I see today. I am keen to put my thoughts into words, but I’ve never been a successful journal writer. It is much easier for me to write when I can picture someone reading what I’ve said. Thank you for being the one for whom I’m posting these thoughts.
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Port Town Zen
I left Bellingham for Port Townsend knowing I’d be writing something for my blog while there. As I was waiting for my ferry, I posted on Facebook that “my soul is happy.” And it was, as it always is, when I spend time in that coastal town. My place I knew what I was most likely to write, for an idea had been bubbling in my mind for days. But, once I was checked into my room at the Swan Hotel and was heading out into “my” town, I knew I could only write about my love affair with this place. A...
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