PinnedThe Quickening“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will…Creativity6 min read
PinnedYou Do Not Have To Be Good“You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. …Mary Oliver11 min read
1 day agoHomage to the Female Muse“A woman writing thinks back through her mothers.” ~Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s OwnMuse8 min read
Aug 3Creating Slack*This is the second in a two-part series on Being Intentional with Time. “In my attempts to promote the comfort of my family, the quiet of my spirit has been disturbed….Another thing I have suffered loss from — entering into the business of the day without seeking to have my…Time7 min read
Jul 25A Certain Kind of Fuel*This is the first in a two-part series on Being Intentional with our Time. “If the people about you are carrying on their business or their benevolence at a pace which drains the life out of you, resolutely take a slower pace; be called a laggard, make less money, accomplish…Priorities5 min read
Jul 20Do the Thing“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’…You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”…Eleanor Roosevelt9 min read
Jun 29Nothing to Do But Love Them“Every relation to mankind, of hate or scorn or neglect, is full of vexation and torment. There is nothing to do with men but to love them; to contemplate their virtues with admiration, their faults with pity or forbearance, and their injuries with forgiveness. Task all the ingenuity of your…Love6 min read
Jun 22If You Want To Be More Creative“An artist date is a block of time, perhaps two hours weekly, especially set aside and committed to nurturing your creative consciousness, your inner artist. In its most primary form, the artist date is an excursion, a play date that you pre-plan and defend against all interlopers… If you think…Creativity6 min read
Jun 15Need“Our whole trouble in our lot in this world rises from the disagreement of our mind therewith. Let the mind be brought to the lot, and the whole tumult is instantly hushed; let it be kept in that disposition, and the man shall stand at ease, in his affliction, like…Need4 min read
Jun 9The Unchangeable Light“What inexpressible joy for me, to look up through the apple-blossoms and the fluttering leaves, and to see God’s love there; to listen to the thrush that has built his nest among them, and to feel God’s love, who cares for the birds, in every note that swells his little…Nature4 min read