The Way Back began as a monthly column in October 2021 when I was the editor of The Lincoln County News.
What breaks you
Published March 3, 2022
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of fixing broken things with gold, pottery in particular. Instead of bemoaning the chips and cracks, kintsugi accepts these imperfections and mends them with precious metal, highlighting those places where – perhaps – a thing fell apart.
Kintsugi says, this is not damaged beyond repair. It’s actually more beautiful for the wear and tear of not only usefulness, but love.
Often the hardest way back is the path that will take you home, not to a physical address, but to that incontrovertible place inside you know is true…
A Reading from the Journal of Yesterday
If you have not already done so, please check out my Substack, A Reading from the Journal of Yesterday, where I write about reading my old journals, and what to do with all these volumes of personal writing. I share with all subscribers, but my recent ramble about writing as a trauma response was pretty…
Invitation to A Reading from the Journal of Yesterday
I launched a Substack in March called A Reading from the Journal of Yesterday where I am happily posting reflections somewhat regularly from my lifetime collection of journals and personal writing. I am cross-posting my most recent entry here because I would love for readers of this blog to join me there. As a thank…
Raye S. Leonard 