Quilting as Service
Photo by Cody SellsDear reader,This week I got not one but TWO emails from quilt class alumni who are using their new skills as quilters to create raffle...
Artist as Treasurer
Dear reader,It is a bit gloomy and rainy today in the north, yesterday was sunny. The weather seems to change so often. The wood stove is back in session and...
Deactivation mania
Photo by Cody SellsDear reader,For the past week I have been glued to my phone. The tiny computer device in my hand that tethers me to the world and...
On voting in a swing state
California #19, Etel Adnan, 2013On Friday morning in the rain in a small town on the way to nowhere I cast my vote for President of the United States of...
Why we vision
Dear readerIn just a few short hours (9am PST / 12pm EST) I will be hosting a visioning session in Landscapes, the twice a week writing group I facilitate....
Discount codes working :)
Dear readersToday marks day one of my public facing month long sabbatical but that would never come without some glitches. Quilt in a Weekend BIPOC...
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...