Whatever Comes to Mind

Creative non-fiction, ranging from (sort of) Jewish sermons through memoir and city sightings to general spiritual/psychological musings, by Dana Vinicoff

Saturday, May 30, 2026

My Citizenly Duty

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With the election days away, I had finally marked my ballot and sealed it up. Not having left the house yet, I needed both a walk and to dep...

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Who’s the cat and who’s the human?

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My cat Misty becomes more and more human each day. An indoor/outdoor cat, she has a cat door that allows her to go outside to do her busin...

Sunday, March 9, 2025

Spreading our Seed

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I love spreading plant seeds by blowing on a dry dandelion head or setting off an exploding impatiens seed pod. But my own seed I never wa...

A Room of One's Own

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A Room of One’s Own Virginia Woolf wrote “A Room of One’s Own,” an essay about how women writers, just like men, need a place to retreat...

Sunday, February 9, 2025

Everywhere There is Beauty

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As I sit down to write and cast about for a subject, my eyes are caught by the cover of this journal. The intricate pattern of silver and ...

Saturday, January 25, 2025

Creativity and Me

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Creativity is the holy Grail of writers and all artisans. In fact, we're sometimes called "creatives." However, creativity com...

Darkness at Noon

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Although I use blackout blinds in my bedroom, I can tell when morning has come by the light entering at their edges. If I can’t see the li...

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