Monthly Archives: May 2023

“I am going to write about all this one day, I told her, and she smiled at me.”

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Kate Stover

This is the final sentence of Hua Hsu’s memoir. He is thanking his therapist for helping him deal with the death of his best friend. I imagine his therapist smiled because she knew that writing a memoir based on trauma … Continue reading →

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“Even as I write these words I am planning to rise from the chair as soon as I finish this sentence.”

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Kate Stover

We all know the feeling of being torn between wanting to take the time to think deeply and needing to get up to get something done. The tension between lofty ideas and everyday practicalities is a theme that runs through … Continue reading →

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“One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice –”

Posted on May 16, 2023 by Kate Stover

Mary Oliver’s poem “The Journey” continues, “though the whole house / began to tremble / and you felt the old tug / at your ankles . . .” The journey she describes didn’t stop, even though it was “a wild … Continue reading →

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