Archive - Good and Beautiful Things

Stepping Back for a Better View

what happened when I followed the art advice I gave my daughter almost fifteen years ago

May 8 •

April 2025

On Judging Whether the Things We Make are Good or Bad

what I learned from author, Niall Williams

Apr 5 •

March 2025

February 2025

sometimes change happens when we have no other choice

Feb 17 •

January 2025

Uncomfortable Doesn't Have to Mean Wrong

what I'm learning about being stretched

Jan 24 •

A Better Question

crossing the threshold of 2025

Jan 13 •

December 2024

Goodbye to the Old Year

the instinct to look back before moving forward

Dec 31, 2024 •

November 2024

"The Thrill of Mortality"

on grief and gratitude along with some writing advice from poet Billy Collins

Nov 24, 2024 •

A Beauty Diviner on a November Bike Ride

Is there anything beautiful about brown?

Nov 9, 2024 •

Reflections on a Creative Life

A month in review

Nov 4, 2024 •

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