Hi All, How was your month of October? I happened to come across this quote by Harriet Beecher Stowe and thought it worth sharing with y’all. I snapped the photo above one beautiful morning in October while I was filled with gratitude. When I arrived home, I spotted a sweet little patch of morning sun…
Tag Archive: Inspiration
Images as Connection to Creative Energy
The creative life force plays a large role in my life. My wish: to nudge your connection to this creative energy today. Sandra at Always Well Within posted an intriguing message recently. This is no surprise—she often writes about topics that leave me thoughtful for weeks or months. (Visit her often to expand your mind,…
Tanka No.130
Greetings All! Please join me in celebrating a form of poetry I adore called Tanka. For those not familiar with Tanka, simply, it is short-form poetry consisting of five lines, a cousin to three-line Haiku. The Tanka form typically does not limit syllable use for English speakers, let your mind be free. Typically, Tanka reveals…
The Way I See It…
(Reading Time ~ 6 minutes. Photo credit Ola Wiberg ~ Powe via Creative Commons license) “I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson While discussing life with a friend recently, she encouraged me to write this post with the thought that you may be inspired…
Three tips for writing, loving, meeting mermaids, and more
{Reading time: ~6 minutes} Having been named one the top ten personal development blogs by someone I admire, Annabel Candy of Get in the Hot Spot (thanks Annabel!), I suppose it’s time I acknowledge that many of my posts could fall into the personal development space. I blog about writing, creativity, fitness, wellness, storytelling, leadership,…
LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!
(Here’s to Tess Marshall for opening my world to LOVE! this month. Tess, you are amazing and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I appreciate you!) How sweet that our RAOKA (random acts of kick arse) posting for August landed on September 1st. September also happens to be my birth month (Sept…
Nearing Half Way
I realized today that we’re lightening close to midyear. When the realization hit me, I started thinking about my highs and lows for the first half of 2010. Since I try not to focus on low points, even though they have their purpose in life, I decided to highlight some of my highs for 2010…
The Story of You
Having been a writer for much of my life, I am always hungry to learn new story structure methodologies, writing tips, and and what drives the reader to push through a story without abandoning the novel at page two. As many successful writers suggest, reading has a lot to do with being a good writer….
RAOKA: Serenity
May Theme: Serenity (chosen by Zeenat) The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines serenity as “the quality or state of being serene.” Another definition of serene, as an adjective: Calm, peaceful, and untroubled; tranquil: her eyes were closed and she looked very serene. Appended to this definition was the “archaic noun” definition: An expanse of clear sky or…