Writing on creativity and life
Welcome. I’m Kristine Bruneau, a writer drawn to the ways creativity shows up in everyday life.
Every year I write a letter to my son for his birthday. This year he turned 16, and I wondered if I had anything left to say.
In the midst of rushing around during this joyous holiday season, there’s no better time than now to take pause and check in with what our bodies need.
Today is a mourning landmark for me because 16 years ago today, my uncle died.
MOMMY MUSINGS: Lessons on Motherhood, Love, and Life is the story of finding wisdom in motherhood.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle was a special book that made me love to read and taught me to embrace my weirdness.
Searching for the perfect words to tell a story is difficult, if not impossible.
Brave souls slip off the masks and unbuckle the armor. We step out and onto the illuminated stage, giving voice to our words. Purposeful and distinct, we tell our truths while above us paper lanterns dance to our pulsing vibrato. The sound of language gives texture and richness to our written stories now shared with eager ears in a tiny auditorium.
Tears welled from deep inside me and clung like rain drops upon my cheeks after reading Last Night from the Hospital, by Bob Lonsberry. He made me feel like I was there with Bernadette Lynch and her family. Too soon Bernadette’s light, a high and bright burning flame will flicker out. When Bernadette lost her son Michael …
