• Poetry Friday February 10, 2023

      Carol at Beyond Literacy Link is hosting our Poetry Friday roundup today.     Haiku of the Week oak leaf imprints his form on the ice– remembers fall   Photo Taken: December 30, 2022 at a park in my neighborhood Haiku Written: January 3, 2023   Haiku Moments…

  • Artist Date: Monticello

    A few months ago, I wrote about how Artist Dates, in the manner that Julia Cameron describes them, don’t always have to be done alone. I will be highlighting a few of my recent Artist Dates each Monday in a new Artist Date series. I know the recommendation is…

  • Mom’s Write: Why I’m An Artist Date Rule Breaker

    I’m an Artist Date rule-breaker. There I said it. I like Julia Cameron’s THE ARTIST’S WAY. I love this idea of a weekly Artist Date—you know where she says you must go fill your artist’s well on an outing—alone. She recommends going to a museum or a play or…

  • Writing Quote Wednesday: Small Steps

    “All creative work is made by many small steps. The steps themselves are rarely great leaps. It is the faith to begin that we must cultivate.” —Julia Cameron, Twitter, September 15, 2012     And so we begin another year–writing every day. Little by little making our way to…

  • Writing Quote Wednesday: Making Art

    “Remember it is the making of the art, not the reception of your art that makes you an artist.” —Julia Cameron, p. 212 Finding Water   This is my most recently completed work-in-progress. It’s a box full of drafts, notes, revision suggestions. It hasn’t found a home–yet. While I’m…

  • Writing Quote Wednesday: Sunlight

    “There is so much talk of creative ‘breakthroughs’ that many of us expect our creativity to be dramatic. This is seldom the case. Very occasionally, we will have a flash of insight or intuition but more often we will experience a slow and steady course. Our creativity resembles sunlight…