PinnedCan I Really Tell My Story Now?Ending my silence — “If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.” ~ The Gospel of Thomas There are many layers to my 3-year silence. In March 2020…Pandemic Stories6 min readPandemic Stories6 min read
Apr 12Member-onlyWriting roots/routes, family, post-menopausal hearing, altered words, and Annie Ernaux w/ Yuko TsushimaJournaling April 4–10, 2023 — As a lifelong journal writer, I’m trying something new. It came to me while reading May Sarton’s published journals. What if I published an ongoing writer’s/women’s/creative journal? I’ve been doing it for just over a month now and I’m enjoying the process. …Memoir8 min readMemoir8 min read
Published inAbout Me Stories·Dec 2, 2021Member-onlyAbout Me — Tracey O.Thinker, writer, photographer, and more … — It’s been a while since my last post on Medium. It makes me feel like a newbie all over again, so what better way to begin again than with an “About Me” introduction? Thinker My mother used to tell me I was born with a knit brow, bearing those little thinker…About Me4 min readAbout Me4 min read
Mar 1, 2019Member-onlyIn ‘The Between’At the beginning of The Divine Comedy, Dante writes: Midway on our life’s journey, I found myself In dark woods, the right road lost. To tell About those woods is hard — so tangled and rough And savage that thinking of it now, I feel The old fear stirring: death is…Photography5 min readPhotography5 min read
