Pendering (verb) Pondering with a pen.  Example: “I’m fixing to use my pen to ponder, and now and here, not then or yonder.” This neologism came to mind one day when I was more-or-less writing in the way described by Julia Cameron as Morning Pages. It wasn’t morning, so I was calling them “Pondering Pages.” A week or two later, “pendering” came to mind and made me chuckle. Maybe you’ll find pendering useful.

At our table in the sunroom, I sometimes sit and pender. Sometimes I also sketch, in this case on a nifty little pad gifted to me by our friend Jen. In either activity, I encourage myself to write or draw anything, and to relax the idea of getting it “right.” That often allows ideas and feelings to show up that are sometimes enlightening, encouraging, and even entertaining.

If you want to give it a try, I recommend reading the brief description by Julia in the link above. You might begin with: “Right now I’m wondering _____.” Or “Right now I’m feeling ____.” Feel free to share any experiences you might have with these ideas. I’m still figuring out how the comments work on this blog, so please let me know if there’s a problem with that.