poetsandwriters:“Have a dog, or get one, or borrow one….When you’ve been deep in your head for a...

poetsandwriters:

“Have a dog, or get one, or borrow one….When you’ve been deep in your head for a while, it’s important to touch something warm and alive, something mortal….While the dogs sniff a single blade of grass for two minutes, I find myself looking around. I notice a raptor overhead, an interesting human face, an overheard conversation, something discarded or forgotten in the grass. Be here for the writing life and be here for the real life. Each needs the other.”

— Chelsey Johnson, in this week’s Writers Recommend; read the rest at pw.org!