The Music I Left Behind
Long ago I played several musical instruments. Rachel Friedman’s new book is a lens through which to understand why I don’t play any longer.
Creativity
Writer, Meet Cabin
The writing shed has been a huge success.
Why You Should Keep Your Creative Tools Handy
If you’re an artist of any kind, you’re more likely to practice your art if your tools are easy to access.
The Unpolluted Mind
A few weeks ago my husband sent me an article about how many Instagram users are taking the same photos. The standard photo taken through … Read more
Improve Your Productivity By Making Time for Rest
If you’ve read my blog for a while, you know that, because of my illness, I have limited time in the day to do things … Read more
Tips on the Writing Process
It’s been raining for days. The yard has become a marshland, with tufts of grass poking up from pools of standing water. The bedrock outcrop … Read more
How's Your Inner Life These Days?
Today instead of a Wednesday links post I’ve decided to write a regular post with a few links thrown in. —- Over the past few … Read more
Wednesday on the Web: 12 July Edition
BC Wildfires As you can imagine, much of my reading in the past week has focused on the wildfires in BC. I wrote a post … Read more
Turning the Calendar to a New Year
Today we went for a walk along the estuary, the sun bright on an atypically frosty west coast day. The air was redolent with the … Read more
Celebrating the Ordinary
Writers and other artists are often exhorted to cram their lives with a range of experiences to create fertile ground for generating creative ideas. These … Read more