I wrote this in my journal recently: We can be CREATIVE anytime - as soon as we decide, we CALL IT FORTH. The tap turns ON. Deciding is key. It's easy to dither, to faff about thinking about starting or wondering if it's even possible to do or make the thing. I've done this a [...]
This Halloween I transformed into one of my literary heroes. It didn't take much to make myself over in his familiar image - a deerstalker hat and a pipe purchased online and a wonderful vintage Donegal tweed cloak. The inside, though: that's the real magic. I'm not nearly as smart as Sherlock but I do [...]
Questions are an indispensable guide in my life. Here are some of my favorites: 1. Where or in what moments do I feel most alive? Noticing this is an act of great self-loyalty. It's helpful to track your interests, eagerness, and spark and notice what's changing and what new things are hoving into view. Sometimes [...]
I found a scribbled note to myself that contains a compact, effective, and encouraging philosophy. I hope it's helpful to you!
Do you ever have a day like this - when you get up late, breakfast late, lounge about doing not much, remain in your nightclothes far into the day with a feeling of delighted, shameful langour, do a puzzle, write a few things, eat irregular meals (by which I mean snack on one thing and [...]
WELCOME, my friends, to the fifth and final week of our April Poetry Celebration! This week, we hear one last round of wonderful poems from our community with many answering last week's Spark of "translation," we enjoy a bit of Q & A with Grace and Zsuzsanna from Jumping Fox Design, I share a poem [...]
WELCOME, my friends, to the fourth week of our April Poetry Celebration! This week, we go deeper into our theme of CONNECTION with a gorgeous feast of poems from our community, inspiration to participate in poetry written in other languages and the opportunity to offer your own take on an early Irish poem, a silly [...]
WELCOME, my friends, to the third week of our April Poetry Celebration! Thank you with all my heart to all of you who have been writing, sending poems, watching, commenting, liking, sharing, and cheering us all on. You are making the celebration SHINE! This week, some THIRTY POETS sent in wonderful poems and I share [...]
Wonderful poems from our community are flying in and it's very exciting! All in all, TWENTY FIVE POETS took part this week and I couldn't be happier or more grateful. Thank you to all of you who are tuning in, writing poems, and taking part. I'm so happy you're here with us. In today's video, [...]
Hello, my friends, and welcome to week 1 of our Poetry Celebration! Here's our first of five upcoming videos with some truly delicious poetry from our community and an unexpected pairing from a 20th century Muskogee poet and a 19th century New Englander (can you guess who? I hope you'll feel most warmly welcome to [...]
