by DJ Hill | Jul 11, 2017
In order to write about life first you must live it. ––Ernest Hemingway My wonderful webmaster, Christine, reminds me often of the importance of blogging regularly. Unfortunately, consistency and I have been at odds this past year. Since February 2016, when my...
by DJ Hill | Jun 17, 2016
In Ireland, people don’t say ‘How are you,’ they ask, ‘What’s your story?’ I’m writing this blog while sitting at O’Hare after an eight-hour flight from Dublin. I, along with nineteen fellow students, two professors, and one advisor, left for a literary study...
by DJ Hill | Jun 14, 2016
“Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself.” – Pat ConroyMy husband and I recently spent an afternoon in Salthill, a seaside area in the city of Galway. It was a beautiful sunny day in Ireland, something residents repeatedly reminded us...
by DJ Hill | Jun 13, 2016
“Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about unbecoming everything that isn’t really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.–Anonymous I found this quote in one of countless writing notebooks I own (my version of...
