Readers Write-Making Ends Meet

Each month, The Sun magazine offers fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and photos in a black-and-white format without advertising. Each issue includes provocative ideas from people of science, religion, philosophy, the arts, or a combination. Each issue also includes Readers Write, a feature compiling nonfiction submissions from the magazine’s readers on an intentionally broad topic. Occasionally I submitContinue reading “Readers Write-Making Ends Meet”

Eight-Week Challenge: Week Eight Results

Last week of the eight-week challenge is done! Whoo-hoo! Again, thanks to Danielle for inspiring others and me to take on this challenge. I wish I had done better, but I’m pretty darn happy with having met the first goal, at least as measured by my body-mass index, for the entire eight weeks. And for cleaningContinue reading “Eight-Week Challenge: Week Eight Results”

Eight-Week Challenge: Week Seven Results

One week left! Each week one of my goals takes a back seat to something. This week the goal I was short on was writing. As a reminder, here are my remaining goals for the eight-week challenge: eat more nutritious food with fewer empty calories and write at least 750 words per day for at least fiveContinue reading “Eight-Week Challenge: Week Seven Results”

Readers Write-Right and Wrong

Each month, The Sun magazine offers fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and photos in a black-and-white format without advertising. Each issue includes provocative ideas from people of science, religion, philosophy, the arts, or a combination. Each issue also includes Readers Write, a feature compiling nonfiction submissions from the magazine’s readers on an intentionally broad topic. Occasionally I submitContinue reading “Readers Write-Right and Wrong”

Readers Write-Houses

Each month, The Sun magazine offers fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and photos in a black-and-white format without advertising. Each issue includes provocative ideas from people of science, religion, philosophy, the arts, or a combination. Each issue also includes Readers Write, a feature compiling nonfiction submissions from the magazine’s readers on an intentionally broad topic. Occasionally I submitContinue reading “Readers Write-Houses”

Eight-Week Challenge: Week Six Results

Six weeks into the challenge, and my progress remains positive, though always with something just beyond my easy grasp. Something worth striving for. As a reminder, here are my goals for the eight-week challenge: eat more nutritious food with fewer empty calories, spend one day a week reading the backlog of magazines sitting on the endContinue reading “Eight-Week Challenge: Week Six Results”

Eight-Week Challenge: Week Four Results

How Am I Doing? There is a lot less green for this, the fourth, week of the challenge. But I knew that would happen. We were out of town for most of the week which means my walking routine was shot and I didn’t have time to write anything. But I did read, making aContinue reading “Eight-Week Challenge: Week Four Results”

Eight-Week Challenge: Week Three Results

Week three. I knew things would change. Time for my report. As a reminder, here are my goals for the eight-week challenge: eat more nutritious food with fewer empty calories, spend one day a week reading the backlog of magazines sitting on the end table (changed to read an average of five magazines each week from theContinue reading “Eight-Week Challenge: Week Three Results”

Eight-Week Challenge: Week Two Results

Week two–done! Time for my report. As a reminder, here are my goals for the eight-week challenge: eat more nutritious food with fewer empty calories, spend one day a week reading the backlog of magazines sitting on the end table, and write at least 500 words per day for at least five days each week. WhatContinue reading “Eight-Week Challenge: Week Two Results”