What You Might Get out of an MFA Program
I’ve always wondered if these MFA programs in creative writing that seem to be springing up everywhere are worth the…
How Gimp = Grandmother
Over 25 years ago, I had pneumonia. I recall very little about the actual illness except two things: I didn’t feel…
David Lynch’s Secrets For Tapping Into Your Deepest Creativity
Excellent article from the Huffington Post about how one of Hollywood’s most successful directors taps in to his creativity. David…
Nunavut’s next generation: The kids’ view on life in Iqaluit – The Globe and Mail
Sometimes you don’t know what culture actually means until it starts to disapper. Here, a few kids in Nunavut, one…
Handmade Toys from North America
My hometown, Kitchener, Ontario, has an annual Christmas market over the first weekend of December. Because of the city’s German…
Inspiration isn’t What I Thought It Was
The inspired writer, the inspired dancer, the inspired artist. The only time I’ve witnessed any kind of artist being inspired…
How I Learned to Think Like a Kid for 2 Hours
My parents (or rather, the Easter Bunny, I think), gave me my first journal when I was almost 12 (the…
Creative Gardener or Cheap Gardener?
Earlier this year, my husband and I put in two raised garden beds. Our normal garden, on the other side…
Arts & Culture Magazines for Free
Forgive the one-week lag in my posts. I promise, though, the reason was a good one. I had to buy…
Tree Angels Out of Coffee Filters
I owned a coffee maker, but because I never drank the stuff, no one trusted me to make it. Ten…
