When You Are a Caregiver, Where Does the Art Fit In?

When You Are a Caregiver, Where Does the Art Fit In?

Holy Ground It doesn’t. It doesn’t. And if you’re someone like me, who needs a good amount of mental spaciousness and a place free of clutter, so your mind and imagination can soar, then it never fits in. It doesn’t. But you dutifully try until you wonder if you even...
Decluttering to Create: On Getting Rid of Stuff & Creativity

Decluttering to Create: On Getting Rid of Stuff & Creativity

What I would love in this new year? To write!! To paint again, with real paint!!! Childhood Art #1 I’ve been getting rid of old stuff Some of it really old Like tons of things from when I was a wee tot Sitting in the garage for decades and decades. Do you have...
I Wish I Had A Compass ~ Finding Your Creative Way

I Wish I Had A Compass ~ Finding Your Creative Way

I sometimes wish I had a compass but anger and sadness can be a kind of compass. They can give information for life’s direction. The thing is one has to be willing to listen and see where the compass points, and then go for it. Moving in the direction that the...
The Power of Story to Bring World Peace

The Power of Story to Bring World Peace

The Power of Story to Bring World Peace Storytelling is as old as time itself Through story, song and dance we have lived and loved Created community, celebrated and grieved We hear and tell them constantly Stories make us uniquely human and connect us soul to soul ~...
Magic in the Land of Malaise

Magic in the Land of Malaise

When you are feeling out of your element, unmotivated, in despair or depressed, sometimes there are Divine appointments waiting for you. Unanticipated people in unexpected places that bring color and light to your day. This is the true story of one such encounter. Did...