Life Lessons
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Looking Back: 2019 Top Stories
My personal Top 3 and favorite Top 3 from others In response to Daryl Bruce’s Top 3 prompt, I took on the challenge of picking three of my own stories that I’m proudest of and selecting three favorites from among many… Continue reading
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It Might Be a Myth, but the Boogie Man Is Standing Over Me
My latest battle with “writer’s block” Photo by Mohammad Metri on Unsplash I’ve struggled with writing this past month. Every day the same thought: I need to write something for Medium. But no matter how much I wrote in my journal,… Continue reading
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What My Dogs Have Taught Me
Life is not an all-or-nothing game Our dog Roxie stands at the back door with the rest of the dogs, eager to go out after breakfast. She’s the only one whining, and I know what she wants. I chug the… Continue reading
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When Loss Becomes Part of Us
Weaving grief into my emotional tapestry Grief visits every year during what I call “grief week,” stretching from the first to second Mondays in August. I’ve absorbed this week into my calendar of events just as I’ve absorbed grief into… Continue reading
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Altered Perceptions
What kayaking taught me about the nature of illusions and the power of perspective How often do we find ourselves perceiving one thing, convincing ourselves that our perception is the way things are, only to discover that we’re looking at… Continue reading
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The Road Home: An Essay in Photos
When the journey away leads back to where it all began ONE. Start here with a crystalline blue river, quaking aspens along its banks, the water’s edge a reflecting pool for the murky greens and rusted yellows of fall. Follow… Continue reading
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Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May
A reminder from illness and life to seize the day In the movie Dead Poets Society, Robin Williams’ character, Mr. Keating, a professor at an elite boarding school for boys, asks a student to open his hymnal to page 542 and… Continue reading
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My Mother Was Wrong
How I overcame my fear and found my voice as a writer I first heard of Medium last fall when a fellow writer in a nonfiction workshop mentioned it. Since I was aiming for publication in literary journals, to develop a… Continue reading
Krista Schumacher 