Becoming Mindful in Place: Observations from the Back Patio

I’ve recently enrolled in an online writing workshop called “Becoming Mindful of Place,” hosted by Tweetspeak. I realize that participating in a writing workshop while researching and writing a 70,000-word book sounds like a completely bonkers decision (and it may turn out to be exactly that), butfor some undefinable reason, it feltlike something I needed to do. So for the next eight weeks or so I’ll be sharingsome of my reflections from the workshop in this space. These posts will likely be...