The sensitive heart
Photo by Cody SellsLast week within a two minute time span I met my ex husband’s baby, walked by my part time lover, and shook the hand of a boy who...
Money, hate mail, and podcasts
Photo by Cody SamuelDear reader,My work exists in many other places this week, so instead of bringing you something new I thought I would bring you to the...
I wrote another book
Photo by Cody SellsFor the last few months I have been working on a book of 366 daily prayers. I started this project by serializing it over on a separate...
Cody's Dating Service
2020, Photo by Cody SellsDear reader,Last night I’m spitballing with some friends about my lack of dating options in the rural North. Where is my wife?...
The crazy room
Solon Township, Photo by Cody SellsDear reader,I have three bedrooms in my home and two of them are neutral so that when guests come they have a place to...
NOTE TAKING TOOLS + NOTE TAKING POSSIBILITIES
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You'll never believe this
When Harry Met Sally, 1989I’ve been thinking a lot about the marketing email vs the essay. The personal essay vs the promotional missive. The email subject...
HUGE CLASS SALE! WRITING RETREAT!
Dear beautiful readers. I come to you on a Sunday morning with a last minute writing announcement, a sale, a reminder, and a greeting.I am in a good mood...
Echoes of Self
Life falling apart 2021, Photo by Cody SellsFinding a rhythm and a rhyme to our research is an art form in itself. Note taking, story collecting, and...
Retiring Marlee Grace
For the last eight years every year I have made more money each year than the year before. Every year my income has grown, sometimes doubled, sometimes...
New forms
Self Portrait, This MorningThis morning at the top of my journal I wrote Things I Can Teach and couldn’t think of one thing to put on the piece of paper. I...
I will not yearn
Before Sunset, 2004, Richard LinklaterI no longer have a desire to yearn, to long for, to be in the mystery of what is actually known and clear. I no longer...
The gift of being together
The last few weeks I have been struck by my need for togetherness. To be with the people. To have touch. Both physical touch and to touch in in the psychic...
The blessing and curse of the paywall
Photo by Cody SellsToday I bring you some behind the scenes of running an anti capitalist business as a writer, teacher, and artist. I am finding that while...
Composition of a crush
Glyphs from Nancy Stark Smith’s The UnderscoreIt has been five years since I felt the telescoping awareness of a new gay crush. In the compulsory...
It is in movement that I am called
I’ve been swimming every day and I want to see how many days in a row I can swim. Yesterday was day four. Sometimes alone, sometimes with others. In the...
Begin again
In the geographic texture of my movement vocabulary I learn everything about myself. The first kiss, the first dance, the first entrance, every piece of my...
Landscapes
Today I am so pleased to announce a new digital space for writers :Landscapes : A writing group for all genresWe start July 13 with a visioning session...
Hosting as a practice
A few months ago I invited the public to apply to Window Place, an artist residency and rural land project where I live in Cedar, MI. Eighty-nine people...
Writing Club Survey
Dear ReadersI am in the process of shaping a new offering that will be a writing club monthly membership and I am looking for your input! Think Flexible...