Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.

Goldberg is a teacher who lives in Santa Fe New Mexico. Natalie Goldberg (born 1948) is an American popular New Age author and speaker She is best known for a series of books which explore writing as Zen practice. Her 2013 book The True Secret of Writing is a follow-up to that work.

Natalie Goldberg (born 1948) is an American popular New Age author and speaker She is best known for a series of books which explore writing as Zen practice. Her 2013 book The True Secret of Writing is a follow-up to that work.