I found this post from Alison Presley that has a bunch of prompts that Cheryl Strayed gave her in a writing workshop. Since reading both Mrs. Strayed’s books, tiny beautiful things and Wild: Lost and Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, after loosing my mum I have become slightly obsessed with the author. Her writing […]
Cleaning and organizing in the fall is called “nesting,” and even though I am not pregnant, it is fitting. I have stayed home a lot as of late; not going out to the normal social/political events that I had previously committed to. I have pulled back from almost all of my commitments and honed in […]
Movie reviews time. I am attempting to watch more movies, now that I know I enjoy them so much. Thank you Netflix. #1) The Drop (Out in theaters, not yet on Netflix). If I haven’t already recommended this movie to you, I’m sorry. Go see it now. It is everything that a movie should be, […]
I am working on building my design portfolio. This is just a quick hello from me and to celebrate my scanner! All images are copyright @DawnielleCastledine. Thank you!
Prompt 1: What is your elevator pitch? When I read this prompt I immediately thought, “I don’t know what I am doing with my life! How can I have an elevator pitch?” I then realized I am working on quite a bit. It is just a bit…non-traditional. So here is goes, my elevator pitch: I […]
I really need this prompt right now. I am going to try to come up with as many things as I can that I am proud of, because #selflove. I am proud of: Being alive. Depression is one hell of an illness. It runs in my family and both my late mother and her mother […]
This one took me some time. I had to sit with it for a while before I even decided I would come to the computer to write about it. It came at a bit of a strange time. Ends of relationships always tend to put little doubts in my head. That tiny voice says “it […]
There is so much about this world and humanity that actually makes me so angry it hurts. I thought I would make a list for this prompt, to fit it all on the page. It pisses me off that… No one seems to care about Ebola in Africa, but when it comes to the US […]
I have started quite a few blogs in my brief 25 years. This is the first I have hosted on a domain that isn’t through wordpress. (The first was bought by a spam bot @$$, hence me needing to add “the” in front of my name. Working on that…) My life has changed almost completely […]