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Sunday Morning Lessons

Laughter seemed like its own solution, the completion of a circle. If I was laughing, everything was okay.

William KenowerFebruary 3, 2020Stories, Cartoons, William Kenower, Lessons, LaughterComment

Every Writer is Their Own Lawyer

Facts can tell many different stories, including the story of my guilt.

William KenowerJanuary 31, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Stories, Law, Innocence, GuiltComment

Dependable

A dependable person says, “Circumstances don’t determine whether I show up – I do.”

William KenowerJanuary 29, 2020Writing, William Kenower, DependabilityComment

Showing Up

I had an entertainer’s instinctual relationship to crowd-size, feeling more valued, more wanted and appreciated the more people there were who came to see and hear me.

William KenowerJanuary 27, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Success, Failure, FearComment

A World Between

Our true lives are lived forever between two worlds.

William KenowerJanuary 24, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Stuart Neville, John Connolly, Reason, MysteryComment

Finding Comfort

I was looking forward to that moment of comfort and satisfaction, of discovering what felt like it had been made for me.

William KenowerJanuary 22, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Choice, ComfortComment

Paying Attention to Yourself

The world, I felt, had a magnetic power to suck my attention away from what I actually wanted to focus on.

William KenowerJanuary 20, 2020Writing, William Kenower, AttentionComment

Writing Retreat

There seems to be no retreat from thinking, except, perhaps, at my work desk.

William KenowerJanuary 15, 2020William Kenower, Shawn Wong, Writing, Retreat, SpiritualityComment

What You Can Do

There is something invaluable known by the fan. You can’t replace it with craft or a desire for more sales.

William KenowerJanuary 13, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Art, AppreciationComment

An Accidental Journey

Life is so engrossing when you give it your full attention.

William KenowerJanuary 10, 2020Writing, Fear, William Kenower, Future, Present, TimeComment

Little Monsters Everywhere

I’ve forgotten I made them all, these trolls destroying of my peace with their noise and nonsense, these harpies clawing at my heart with their worry and fear.

William KenowerJanuary 8, 2020Stories, William Kenower, Writing, Horror, MonstersComment

Accepting Appreciation

One of the challenges of being an artist is learning how to accept other people’s appreciation with integrity.

William KenowerJanuary 6, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Acceptance, Appreciation, RejectionComment

A Memorable Story

Whether people are talking about me or my stories, I sense that they’re really talking about themselves.

William KenowerJanuary 3, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Stories, Memories, DeathComment

New Year's Resolution

It’s good to start with an empty page on the calendar, a time uncluttered by celebration and ritual.

William KenowerDecember 30, 2019Writing, William Kenower, New Year, PatienceComment

Hungry For More

No matter how long it’s been since my last meal, if I’m writing, I’m never hungry.

William KenowerDecember 27, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Hunger, CreativityComment

White Christmas

You couldn’t put snow on your Christmas list.

William KenowerDecember 23, 2019Comment

The Good Stuff

I drove home filled with things I hadn’t said or wished I’d said, filled with essays I knew I would write.

William KenowerDecember 18, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Stories, Conversation, Disagreement, AgreementComment

Writing, Fame, and Kindness

Judgment is imprisonment and kindness is freedom.

William KenowerDecember 16, 2019Writing, Fame, William Kenower, Freedom, SuccessComment

Take My Word

The only thing that teaches is experience.

William KenowerDecember 13, 2019Writing, Teaching, Words, Learning, StoriesComment

Saying Nothing

Saying nothing taught me more about acceptance than all the laughs and agreement I’d ever shared

William KenowerDecember 11, 2019writing, William Kenower, Acceptance, Rejection, SilenceComment