Writing from the Heart with Brian
Think, Laugh, & Cry Each Day
This past June, I was driving late one evening. My mother had a bad fall and was recovering near her home in a rehab hospital. We had visited with her and I was driving home. I was tired. I hadn't had much time in front of the laptop. I had a million thoughts racing through... Continue Reading →
I sit at my desk and crank out a 500-word post. I struggle at first, but once I come up with an enticing lead, the post "writes itself." Key sentences and phrases originate in my head. I can't write them down fast enough. I try to keep pace. I don't want to lose any of... Continue Reading →
I write today on the Heart of the Matter in my story, You don't have to Try, about how I stumbled across Colbie Caillet's song Try for the first time and how it moved me to put down my guard. I stopped worrying about fitting in and instead focused on just being myself. In the... Continue Reading →
The Evil Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs looks into the Magic Mirror and asks who's the fairest of them all. When the mirror identifies her young stepdaughter Snow White as the fairest, the shocked and jealous Queen tries to have her killed. I've never really liked the Evil Queen. I'm finding though... Continue Reading →
I refilled my soda, stretched my arms and sat back down. The hour was late and my roommates were all asleep. The only sound I heard was the hum of the refrigerator compressor. I was in the small kitchen/dining room area working on a paper. I had a twenty page paper due later in the... Continue Reading →
Oh, where did my readers go? I look at my WordPress statistics for the first half of the year and some of the numbers have declined. I say to myself in my best Cat in the Hat voice, minus Dr. Seuss' poetic rhythm, rhyming, and alliteration, of course, because I'm horrible at figuring out what... Continue Reading →
As a kid, I looked forward to hearing the loud, brassy opening music to the ABC Television's Wide World of Sports and Jim McKay's opening narration. You knew you were going to see and hear something special. Shots of faraway places and events would flash across the screen and McKay in his recognizable voice would... Continue Reading →
In my last job, I had an hour-long commute. On a really bad day, the commute could take up to an hour-and-a-half. I took some back roads but the closer I got to work, the more congested and the tougher the drive got. The job came with its share of stressors too. Okay, it came... Continue Reading →
My wife and I are looking for a new mattress. Ours has seen better days. The mattress slumps in the middle and squishes on the sides. You can forget about getting a good night’s sleep. We wake up feeling worse than when we went to bed. The only one who actually enjoys sleeping on our... Continue Reading →
Writing from the Heart with Brian 
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