8 03, 2022

How I Get Things Done (and a story)

By |2022-03-08T15:02:24+00:00March 8th, 2022|Artistry, Learning, Love, The Bardic Life|Comments Off on How I Get Things Done (and a story)

I promise I will tell you how, but first I must share a confession: Sometimes, I don’t. Get things done, that is. Sometimes, I simply obey some inner voice that tells me it’s not time yet. That can be scary because almost daily we are snarled at to “just do it,” or “suck it [...]

24 02, 2022

Loving Anyway After the Mess

By |2022-02-24T17:43:44+00:00February 24th, 2022|Love, Spirit, The Bardic Life|2 Comments

Scarlet red ink everywhere. Just moments before, I was enjoying a peaceful time writing in my journal using an old-fashioned dip pen and a bottle of German ink. My desk (one of three!) sits at the front of the house where I can admire the lake in all her moods and changes. The [...]

31 01, 2022

A Fountain Pen Lesson

By |2022-01-31T17:30:26+00:00January 31st, 2022|Artistry, Creativity, Love, Spirit, The Bardic Life|Comments Off on A Fountain Pen Lesson

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. [...]

23 10, 2021

Introduction to my NEW BOOK!

By |2021-10-23T17:42:58+00:00October 23rd, 2021|Artistry, Books, Love, Spirit, The Bardic Life|Comments Off on Introduction to my NEW BOOK!

INTRODUCING: My brand new book and audio-book, A November Visit. I hope you enjoy this introduction, a small taster of the feast of "Novemberish" delights awaiting you in the book. Thank you for taking it in!

29 09, 2021

Questions I Love

By |2021-09-29T17:30:54+00:00September 29th, 2021|Creativity, Learning, Love, Spirit, The Bardic Life|Comments Off on Questions I Love

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 [...]

29 06, 2021

The Tao of Moi – a philosophy-poem to inspire self-love

By |2021-06-29T18:57:39+00:00June 29th, 2021|Love, Spirit, The Bardic Life|Comments Off on The Tao of Moi – a philosophy-poem to inspire self-love

You'll hear about the origin of this poem in the video and in the text below it. But for you dear readers of this blog, may I add two things: Living according to the Tao of Moi does not make you selfish. It makes you honest and honesty always serves everyone best. I'm wearing my [...]

19 05, 2021

A Definition

By |2021-05-19T20:51:05+00:00May 19th, 2021|Love, Spirit|Comments Off on A Definition

(just found this on one of my many scraps of paper on which I capture uncategorized thoughts in the moment) True impoverishment is not being able to feel love, to be moved by beauty, to be roused in curiosity and eagerness to learn, to laugh for sheer amusement and delight (without a target), to give [...]

24 02, 2021

Welcome to the Ink Bar

By |2021-02-24T14:47:23+00:00February 24th, 2021|Artistry, Creativity, Love, Spirit, The Bardic Life|Comments Off on Welcome to the Ink Bar

It's wonderful to be delighted again by the many treasures we have around us. This morning, my eye fell on the Ink Bar - my collection of bottled fountain pen inks - and I felt a thrill of luxury, fun, and gratitude. One of my favorite ways to feel could be summed up in the [...]

20 12, 2020

Why we keep all those little notebooks

By |2021-01-29T18:11:43+00:00December 20th, 2020|Artistry, Creativity, Love, The Bardic Life|Comments Off on Why we keep all those little notebooks

On my way to the Lake District in May 2019, I stayed a night in Lichfield in the English Midlands. I'd arrived there exhausted and a bit scrambled from the perilous drive north from London Gatwick, but I gathered my energies and spent the afternoon exploring the town and visiting the Cathedral. I recently came [...]

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