Just because someone is unable or unwilling to listen doesn't mean you're not worth listening to. Just because someone else doesn't find it interesting doesn't mean it's not interesting. Just because someone says it should be done this way doesn't mean that's the right way for you. Just because someone overlooks the beauty doesn't [...]
It may be just late January, it may be the pandemic that drags on and keeps us confined and separate from each other and from so many happy plans and occupations we'd ordinarily pursue, it may just be a chapter of my own story, but lately I've been feeling a bit blue. It's not dreadful. [...]
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 [...]
