I’m hosting a Crafting Bee this Saturday! Inspired by all of the DIY (do-it-yourself) crafting events I read about in this blog, and after spending hours admiring the Wardrobe Remix creativity of GrayGoosie, Lorimarsha and other California gals over on flickr, I decided that if I couldn’t be a part of the West Coast crafting happenings,…
Category: 2007 Resolutions
My Dream Cottage
Welcome to my dream cottage. It’s near the water and even has a bit of a waterview. It is a traditional Victorian seaside summer cottage. I love how it looks much as it probably did when it was first built in 1876. I found it online after returning home from the Writing Retreat. And in the…
Artist Date – Portsmouth NH
It was accidental, really. We drove to Portsmouth to have lunch with my son. But the day was so perfect for walking and window-shopping that we stayed longer than we had intended. And so it was that I found the Enormous Tiny Art Show ii at Nahcotta in Portsmouth. The word ‘tiny’ was what first…
Full Moon Influence
This morning I woke up reluctantly. It was another vivid dream, the third this week. Could it be the full moon? But that’s now gone by. Or maybe it was watching The Secret for the third time and spending time writing my revised affirmations. Or perhaps it’s simply a confluence of all of the past…
Happy Convergence on Sunday
This is where I spent my Sunday: digging in the dirt, expanding on that idea for a Secret Garden right here in the middle of the city. The weather was perfect – warm but not too warm. Sunny. And in the company of … … this friend, who arrived with her own shovel, pick-ax (!),…
It’s a Party!
I like to think that I follow through on my word, so it’s been eating at me – in the back of my mind – that I committed to hosting four parties in 2007 and I haven’t really had one yet. Until this past Sunday, that is. My sister’s brother-in-law just moved to the area…
My Current Ice Cream Flavors
There are always too many projects and new interests jockeying for front row status so it’s taken me a while to sort things out and recognize the current “must-haves”: These are over and above any work-for-pay that is a necessary and regular part of the day. Once I’d achieved clarity about these three areas of…
Productivity Tip
The question was, how to take my writing productivity to the next level? I know how to velcro my tail to the sofa and disallow myself from getting up until I’ve written the self-assigned number of words or spent the pre-allotted amount of time at the keyboard. But I was looking around for something new….
A Perfect Morning
Today is Writing Group day! Our regular gathering of four writers only rolls around once a month and I love it and look forward to it. Excitement for the get-together spurs on more creativity. So, while the coffee (fresh-ground, water-decaffeinated shade-grown beans, in case you’re wondering) is dripping, I pull out my camera. It’s only…
Ebb and Flow
“One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.“ Mary Kay, 1915-2001, Founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics Today was Writing Group day and, guess what … I went empty handed. First time in almost two years this has happened. It’s that proverbial ice cream dish. I added a…