postcard of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s typewriter
birthday card from my father
“Don’t forget to show the grace and humanity.” — advice Dorothy Allison gave Justin Torres at the Lambda Emerging Writers Retreat
a gold mask from my brother’s wedding
a sticker of a dinosaur that says “Fuck!”
“…and with a tiny prayer I say down to write.” — Eileen Myles
“Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail, there’s only make. The only rule is work.” — John Cage
“I wrote a little day, without hope and without despair.” — Isak Dinesen
round mirror facing the door for feng shui
postcard from July Westhale
clip of a panel from Adrian Tomine’s New Yorker cover about the life of a book; this is the first panel: a woman hunch-shouldered at a desk with a laptop and a cup of coffee
“How old will you be when you finish writing your novel? The same age you’ll be if you don’t write it.”
woodcut of a cardinal with the number 22
“Regaining momentum takes three times the energy as sustaining momnentum.” — DHP
“Go live your scary life.”
plate of a gently closed palm
photo of my father in the navy
sticker of a raccoon saying, “Things didn’t turn out the way I had planned.”
my business card from Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls
“Meditation is the simplest and fastest way to change your state of mind.”
typewriter necklace from my cousin
significant objects drawings by kate bingaman-burt
the universe and forever venn diagram from 20 x 200
“Writing is always hard. Is coal mining always harder? Probably.” — Sugar
Courtney Gillette 
Everything fits so perfectly. Peace.
Reblogged this on j. p. bohannon and commented:
Simply some cool thoughts from a pretty cool writer.
looks wonderful! do you know what make/model that typewriter is? it immediately caught my eye…
gorgeous, right? it’s an Underwood!