by Loren Mayshark | Jul 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
Turning Passion into a Profession In Part 1, I reflected on the books, travels, and experiences that gradually transformed me from an eager reader into an aspiring writer. Those early years gave me a love of stories, a curiosity about the world, and a growing desire...
by Loren Mayshark | Jul 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
Looking Back on the Writer I Was Becoming When people ask how someone becomes a writer, they often expect a simple answer. Perhaps there was a moment of revelation, a sudden decision, or a clear turning point. My journey was nothing like that. Looking back, I can see...
by Loren Mayshark | Jun 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Constant Companion: Death in a World of Opposites Death has always been inseparable from life. In a world defined by dualities—light and dark, joy and sorrow, youth and age—death remains the quiet constant, woven into every human experience. Now in my mid-forties,...
by Loren Mayshark | May 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
As a child, I remember my parents taking me each year to Main Street in the small village of Sherman, New York, for the Memorial Day parade. Elderly men marched in faded pea-green and ash-gray uniforms, rifles resting on their shoulders, but they were not what...
by Loren Mayshark | Apr 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
We dance to let go—to escape, to express, to answer the irresistible pull of music. Rhythm carries us, beauty disarms us, and for a moment, we surrender to something larger than ourselves. Yet beneath this joy lies a quieter truth: our attraction to rhythm mirrors...
