20 10, 2015

Snake-Throwing and Rejection

By |2016-11-21T07:31:39+00:00October 20th, 2015|Creativity, The Bardic Life|28 Comments

Last evening I sent out my monthly-esque newsletter and almost as soon as it winged through the ether an unsubscribe notice came in from MailChimp. “Darn,” says the notice, “You’ve lost a subscriber.” The reason for unsubscribing was given: “No longer interested.” Ouch. I’ve read the blog posts and the enlightened FB memes and I [...]

12 10, 2015

Several things I never suspected about crowd-funding

By |2016-11-21T07:31:39+00:00October 12th, 2015|Creativity, Love, Poetry, Spirit, The Bardic Life|4 Comments

Every single new thing we do - everything - brings up fears, teaches lessons, and leaves us with gifts. Whether we are climbing Everest or going to a party, taking up salsa dancing or singing a solo, this is all part of the package.  It's a package that leaves us different than we were:  expanded, [...]

2 10, 2015

Cracking the egg

By |2016-11-21T07:31:39+00:00October 2nd, 2015|Creativity, The Bardic Life|2 Comments

Have you ever suffered insomnia for so many nights running that you feared that you'd forgotten how to sleep?  Or had - shall we say - trouble in the loo-department and wondered if perhaps your body had forgotten how to perform certain key functions? Well, the same applies to writing.  Here, specifically, on this blog.  [...]

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