I've been writing (on and off) most of my life. To me, writing is thinking and breathing on paper. Recently I have concluded that I need to write. To hold back my thoughts and breaths, keeping them inside, is not how I want to live my life. So I encourage others to do the same. Perhaps this will provide the place to do that. I draw my inspiration from people like Natalie Goldberg, Annie Dillard, Emily Dickinson and other less famous authors who have found this need as well.