Author | Drew Dotson

Mental hodgepodge

You know how Jeopardy! has a “Hodgepodge” category? This post might be similar. Blogpodge? Sometimes I sit down to write with a specific...

Mar 10, 20233 min read

Pause for Joy [a rejected essay]

I submitted an essay to a publication on Tuesday. Today, two days later, I received the rejection email. (So quick!) Although it didn't...

Mar 2, 20233 min read

Join the Inspiration Parade!

Today is the first day of Creativity March! You're probably thinking, "What is Creativity March?" I'll tell you. Creativity March was...

Mar 1, 20231 min read

The Solar Saga: Reflecting on my goals for the year

Remember how I set the intentions to be more Simple + Deliberate this year? If not, you’re already caught up to speed. Since it’s nearing...

Feb 22, 20234 min read

Don't put the pity in serendipity (a grief no-no)

When you’ve lost a loved one, certain dates are etched in your mind. The big milestones are impossible to forget, but other, less...

Feb 16, 20233 min read

Me vs. Mind

My mind has always been my archnemesis. Right now we’re pretty civil, but that hasn’t always been the case. I remember sleepless...

Feb 10, 20233 min read

On the right track

This is one of my favorite photos from 2022, taken in November. Yes, it’s a selfie, but this was a moment I wanted to capture. I felt so...

Feb 4, 20233 min read

Give paws for thought

Meditation gets a bad rap sometimes. People view it as being too woo-woo or out there, shutting down at the mere mention of words like...

Jan 26, 20233 min read

A semiperturbed post about a jack-in-the-box

Let me start off by saying I wrote the first draft of this post yesterday afternoon. As I worked on what I’m sure would have been a very...

Jan 20, 20232 min read

Rain, rain, you can stay [a while]

Nothing quite brings me to life like the feeling before a thunderstorm — as the wind picks up and electricity builds in the air. I've...

Jan 12, 20233 min read

Happy/Sad New Year!

We’re almost a week into the new year, and I’m ready for a do-over. In some ways, I fulfilled my intention to be simple and deliberate. I...

Jan 7, 20234 min read

Simple + Deliberate

I get totally jazzed about the start of a new year, and I don’t care who knows it. Does that mean I’ll actually stay up until the clock...

Dec 30, 20223 min read

Celebrating Megan Rosemarie

In late October, I wrote a post about my friend, Megan, who passed away. Yesterday we celebrated Megan’s life, and I want to share what I...

Dec 18, 20225 min read

Season's Grievings

It’s the most wonderful time of year.* *but not for everyone I’ve intended to write this post for weeks now, but I’ve struggled with...

Dec 7, 20222 min read

A flight of imagination

I have a complicated relationship with airplanes. I was once headed to NYC for a work trip and had an awful asthma attack. I was gasping...

Nov 25, 20223 min read

La mademoiselle Megan

When I met Megan, she was holding a box of donuts. It was March 2021, and we were standing in my parents’ driveway, leery of COVID-19....

Oct 26, 20226 min read

I'm published!

I was embarrassed to admit I wanted to be a writer for a very long time. I was fearful of seeming unrealistic, for one, but putting my...

Oct 21, 20221 min read

27 months

"Today's date is the 20th," the poll worker announced this morning as I completed paperwork to vote in Georgia's (very important)...

Oct 20, 20222 min read

I hugged a sign.

I hugged a sign last weekend, and it hugged me back. It’s official! At this very moment, cars are driving over the Judge Ramón Alvarado...

Oct 5, 20223 min read

IMPORTANT: Event update

In light of the weather, we've made some last-minute changes to the event — which almost guarantees a perfect fall day! Please note the...

Sep 29, 20221 min read

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My name is Drew Dotson, and my life has been anything but perfect, yet it's still perfectly beautiful. After growing up with a genetic disease, cystic fibrosis, I was blessed to meet an amazing man who loved me without bounds. Then he died.

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