I just returned from four days of speaking about creativity and my book, Refrain from the Identical: Insight and Inspiration for Creative Eclectics. These three luncheons, hosted by Women’s Connection (affiliated with Stonecroft Ministries), were located in the Central Coast region of California: San Luis Obispo, Morro Bay, and Paso Robles. I was the feature speaker who [...]
Ambition is my Achilles heel—a character weakness in my animal-like nature that drives me off course. Ambition is the fly in the ointment of my spirituality—an ever-present annoyance that buzzes around my brain, convincing me to go off course in pursuit of another vain pursuit. Ambition drives me to obsess the future, take big steps [...]
This morning I awoke thinking, what if love were a choice that we made every day and not just on Christmas? We choose to believe when we are afraid. We choose to trust when our faith drains away and only hopelessness remains. We choose to love when our heart fills with annoyance, anger, and hate. We [...]
What a rush. I went into my CreateSpace account and there it was “1 December Sale.” I cried. After five years of working on this book, I actually sold a book. Words cannot describe the joy that I feel right now. If you are the first book buyer, I would love to hear from you. [...]
It’s Christmas morning and I should be musing over Jesus’ birth, but instead I’m thinking about the four books that sold on Amazon.com yesterday. Mom confessed that she bought the first book, and my daughter, Elya, leaked out that she also bought one of the first four. Mom’s eyes sparkled as she burst forth with [...]
How fitting that I begin a new writing journal on my 9-year anniversary. This day also marks the completion of the preliminary book section submissions to Createspace. I’ve completed all of the questionnaires for the Createspace design teams: interior design, cover design, and media press release. I never dreamed there would be so many pieces [...]
My war with the squirrels took a recent turn. Here’s why. I planted; they nibbled until the new blooms completely disappeared. They munched on the Shasta Daisy leaves until only stubs remained. Oh and the botanist who insisted that marigolds repeal squirrels, not true. Those little devils uprooted the plants, nibbled on the roots, and [...]
I feel strangely peaceful inside. My soul senses the rest that permeates my being. Neither anxieties over money nor irritations from career can reach me. Just for today, I wear my mask of artistry. READ MORE… Share this:
“Mom, can you edit this please?” My daughter mumbles from behind the glowing apple on her Mac computer. “Sure.” I answer. An attachment pops up in my email with a poem she has recently retrieved from her high school writing folder. I’ve got just the right picture for this. I rummage through my sister-in-law’s Hawaii [...]
A woman arises from the mist and walks towards me. She unfolds her soft, supple hands, not gnarled and scarred, as I would assume for one having put her hand to honesty’s plow. No, her palms rest smooth and calm. All of my writing until this moment seems but mere child’s play, splashes in puddles of [...]
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