Because this blog is primarily meant to be a home for brainwaves, the content will be varied. I’m a person with a lot of interests. Maybe I should start there. I’m Patricia Schnase. I’m a dreamer and a storyteller. I’m a writer and an introvert. I’m a wife and a mother. I’m an observer of the world. Many posts will likely be reflections on my life, progress on current projects, book reviews, and attempts to process what’s going on in my head and heart. But most posts will be fiction pieces based on the writing prompts I’ve been collecting on Pinterest.

I call myself a writer. Ideally, I’d like to be paid to write. Therefore, I really need to write (more than I have been lately). Part of the purpose here is accountability to keep writing.

The title The Percolator came via a thesaurus search on the word ramble. I know that the content of this site would be too inconsistent to discover the name that way. When I read the synonyms for percolate, I knew I’d found it.

“Percolate- bleed, bubble, charge, drain, exude, filter, filtrate, impregnate, leach, ooze, pass through, penetrate, perk, permeate, pervade, saturate, strain, sweat, transfuse, transude, weep”

Besides the obvious coffee/writer reference, the other verbs in the list resonated with my goals for my life and this site. I don’t want to just pass through this life without being charged by contact, without allowing my thoughts to penetrate, permeate, saturate, and transfuse through others and back.

A few years ago, when my now-husband and I were dating we had a family discussion about osmosis and diffusion. My sister said, “It’s when particles move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration,” to which my husband replied with an offended “HEY!” I don’t want my life to be an area of low concentration. I want my life and work to be thoughtful, creative, and valuable for me and those around me.

So take a moment, and join me for a cup of whatever you’re drinking and some thoughtful conversation.