Ridiculous, I know. But hear me out. Bocce is an Italian form of lawn bowling that many say originated back in the Roman Empire. Basically, the goal of the game is to toss a small sphere called a “pallino” (about the size of an egg, but round) onto a narrow rectangular court and then try to roll the rest of your balls (four to a team per round) as close as possible to that pallino. I just finished my summer bocce league (came in 4th – yay!) and since I see almost everything through the prism of ... VIEW POST
Leaving The Waiting Place
Fans of Dr. Seuss know very well the infamous Waiting Place described in his classic children’s book, Oh, the Places You’ll Go. It’s the state of mind we all get stuck in at some point in our lives—a time of “in between,” where we think we want to move in one direction, but we’re not sure, so we wait for something to happen, or for things to stop happening, before we move. For me, the elusive goal has been fiction writing. For years I worked in marketing and wrote in many forms, none ... VIEW POST
