Moduffycobb

LATEST ARTICLES ( 48 )

• Lobster Fisher For a Day

  

  Published by Welcome P.E.I. Locals Blog June 04, 2015 It’s still dark when Captain Lori Clark picks me up in her white half-ton truck — just after 4:30 am. Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Things Writers Need

  

  Rainbows As I sit the airport bar in Charlottetown, I consider my life as a writer. I wonder which glimmering cloud, which formative happenstance has allowed... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• to New Beginnings

  

  I did it! I finished my Masters in Creative Nonfiction. And now what? Things may be summed up here, in the last sentence of the Globe and Mail astrology column. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• What Were You Thinking?

  

  I don’t always claim to know what I’m doing. I don’t. I’m a dreamer, a pure Sagittarius (and yes I think that’s important), a thinker. I admit. I lose my way.... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Writing Process Blog Tour

  

  MARY-KIM ARNOLD is a fiery poet whose words reflect the depth of her diverse experience. The first time I heard Mary Kim’s poetry, my heart almost stopped. Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Climbin’ Fences

  

  This winter when the raging nor’easters brought blizzards galore, the snow piled and piled and piled up in the softball diamond beside my house, until my eight... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• the Birth of Advocacy

  

  It happened again.I got a dreaded phone call from a girlfriend who lost her full term baby, abruptly, unexpectedly- in the dangerous passage from warm... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Deeper into the Words

  

  notes from julia’s lecture.As I return from my third MFA residency, I find a deeper connection still with not only my work, but with the work of others, and I a... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Surf Baby

  

  Mitch and Leila, 2006When I was asked to be Maid of Honor in a wedding in Bristish Colombia this summer, my husband and I were thrilled to plan our trip. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• [insert Deity Here]

  

  When I returned home from walking the dog last night, the dusk had turned to dark.In front of my house, a kerfuffle arose on the street between two cats, one... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Five Years of Gratitude

  

  Five years ago today, i lost someone.I thought this would be an easy post to write. Cosmic connections. Celestial elevators. Babies one week from due dates... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Once, I Was a King

  

  By now you may have heard the interesting story about ‘the king and the car park‘, about a real live king who was found under a parking lot in Leicester, Englan... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Your Year in Unfinished Blogs

  

  WordPress was recently kind enough to sent me a FurtherMo Annual Report. It was a sweet gesture, a celebration of my most popular blogs, of my top responders,... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Books Are Alive and Well in Charlottetown

  

  My life has become research, research, research. The life of the essay, and its various form and shapes: personal essay, narrative essay, memoir. Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• a Chance to Refine the Craft, Chapter One

  

  As Prince Edward Island welcomed its first rays of warm summer, ripe red strawberries, and car loads of families and travelers waiting for a glimpse of our... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Uncluttering Life

  

  At my book club the other night (the one where we drink wine while holding the book, sometimes making vague comments on the artistic renditions of the cover),... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Thinking Big

  

  My Dad, sitting with my brother's PhD Dissertation in Archeology. Possibly the proudest day of his life.I know that as a writer, I’m not supposed to obsess abou... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Beautiful, Your Beautiful: Why i Love Instagram

  

  moduffycobb 68 photos · 75 followers “Bamboo rafter” moduffycobb is using Instagram – a fun & quirky way to share your life with friends through a series... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Follow the Breath

  

  Two years, ago, for Christmas, Mitch got me a meditation cushion. I was probably going through one of my phases, trying to win a hot yoga award (by returning a... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• You Are Unlimited

  

  ever drink yogi tea? it sends us little reminders sometimes.Last Friday night, for a minute, i died.When my husband cautioned me against driving in “the weather... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION