Keep Your Online Presence Simple
The downside to being creative is that your creativity can show up when it’s perhaps not as beneficial to your…
Language is More Than IQ Scores and Alzheimer’s Prevention
One thing I’ve always envied about descendants of pioneer families is that those descendants had easy access to their roots…
Comfort Zones: Potential Danger for Artists, Writers, Performers, and Everyone in Between
Comfort zones are those nice, cozy, warm, fuzzy parts in our mind that convince us to stay put. They have…
And We’re Back!
Well, I’m back. There’s no one else here behind the keyboard except me. I took a year off to re-evaluate…
7 Tips to an Enjoyable Journalling Ritual
Journalling can be healing, fun, exciting, or a drag (especially if you set up too many expectations for yourself). If…
Journalling for almost 30 Years and Counting: Now What?
I’ve been journalling for almost three decades and have just as many journals (30 of them). I travel down memory…
Passion vs. Real Life
There’s nothing more enjoyable about writing than finding out something new about yourself as you’re writing. In this case, I’m starting…
The Difficulties of Writing a Poem
Several months ago, I promised to re-write a poem. I thought it would be easy. I thought it would flow…
Storytelling or Missionizing?
I idolized Jean Little in my pre-teens and early teens. Many of her books helped me understand other children. I do…
A Little Chassé (or is It Chassis?) Into the Used Car Market
While most of my writing has focussed on the performing arts, I recently took a grand jeté and delved in…
