Hi! I’m Christine Lashinski.

Welcome to my website. Feel free to look about, you’ll find blog posts about writing, and whatever topic rattled about in my brain until it forced me to write it down.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

My Muse and Variety

I get in ruts. I do and eat the same things, and everything becomes tedious, and that leaches away my creativity.   A friend suggested we all try something new, a glass class where we would make wine glass stems. I thought that sounded like a fantastic idea. ART GLASS At Lake Superior Art Glass, after …

Excuses

Excuses.  I don't want to brag, as it isn't Minnesota nice, but I rock at creating excuses that encourage delay or the complete lack of writing. Sarah Werner’s Podcast Write Now has a great episode (58) on The Best Writing Excuses Excuses are not a new problem to writers, nor a unique one –In Adaptation, …

In Progress

With Podcasts, learning can take place anywhere. An ah-ha awareness struck me while listening to On Being with Krista Tippett as she interviewed Carlo Rovelli. I’m paraphrasing, but in the interview, he said that science is not about what a person has learned, but instead it is about the discovery. I thought about all the …

The Speed of Your Life’s Creativity

The pace of my life’s creativity fluctuates. Not only does it vary, but I have to rebuild it periodically. Everyone assembles creativeness with different materials. What I do to inspire my imagination may not appear productive, but these things are part and parcel of the ever evolving me. I read (Thank goodness for libraries as …

Adventure

I love an adventure story, add to that doing something to help others, humor.   It’s why the Princess Bride is my favorite movie. There was a British gentleman that decided rowing a bathtub across the English Channel had never been done so why not.   When his first attempt failed he gave it another go, this …

Just Out of Curiosity

My father’s favorite phrase is “just out of curiosity.” He transferred that curiosity to his children. For my brother, that inquisitiveness manifested in everything mechanical. He took apart loads of gadgets to find out how they worked. It took him a few more years to figure out how to put them back together again. Now, …

Authentic Voice

One of my favorite subjects to ponder is voice and how voice is displayed in different professions. For me, travel and meeting people from diverse cultures, education, and mentors have helped me examine and think about my identity and that self-knowledge is reflected in my voice. In the early years of my writing journey, I …

Our First Baby

Early in our marriage, my husband brought home a golden ball of fluff. We named our puppy Chester, after my grandpa. He loved to talk and would happily converse his every waking hour. We roughly translated his favorite phrase into, “I wuv you.” To which we always responded, “I love you too.” A month after …

empty glass

What to fill you with? Sex on the beach Bloody Mary after a hard days night Condensation running down your chilled side I’m parched I’m thirsty I just can’t decide Ice cream disguised as coffee Green tea sparkling lemonade So many choices Safe ones Brave ones