Sunday

Sunday. I should be going to church this morning because that's a thing I do now. But I'm still fighting off yesterday's migraine. That's two close together so I am guessing stress and lack of sleep and stress are to blame. I will stay home from church today and go to a different sort of communion, secular but sacred to me just the same- I will be with my writing community today. It's a different sort of church, a different sort of home but how grateful I am to be there whenever I can. I usually sit on the floor and write in a notebook on my clipboard. We write and talk about our writing work and support each other and hold each other accountable, not just for writing but for taking care of ourselves too. We are gentle with each other. We are excited for each milestone in our projects. We are truly joyful for each other and with each other as we wrangle our creative lives. If that's not church I don't know what is. 

The Sunday Prompt. 

Remember or imagine a place where there is a feeling of power or story untold:a place where something important happened in the past. What does it look like? What are the colors you see, the feelings that rise up in response to this place. 

It could be an abandoned apartment building, an old stone circle in a meadow, a fire pit on the beach. It could be a broader geographical location. 

It might be a wild place or a city place. If you aren't remembering let it tell you it's story. 

As a place forms in my head I am looking to see what I can see from the dirt I stand on. I am sniffing the air to see what the smell is here. I am listening for echoes, looking for ghosts and seeing if the rocks will tell me what is the important thing that happened in this place.

Some places hum with power or tell a story. They are always good to find. You get to make them up just how you want. Or take a part that's true and paint the rest in the colors you choose. It's your pen. The story belongs to you. 

I hope this day is good to you and  your creative. If it's a day of rest I hope it's a sweet rest.