April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. -...

Above all, we cannot afford not to live in the present….the gospel according to this moment. – Henry David Thoreau, Walking Yesterday, I...

Today, I was driving back from the Post Office when I pulled up at a stoplight behind a small car. I can’t tell you what kind it was,...

Your weekly offering of writing/art prompts. Happy New Year everyone! I love January. I love its cold and its silence, its open spaces...

Happy post-Fourth Friday. photo credit: KCMickelson.

Transitions, however abrupt, have layers of subtleties. The subtleties are the surprising bits. This is what I wrote in a notebook...

Shift #52: Reconsider How You Define “End” In the year since I began my “52 Ways to Shift Your Focus” series, I’ve loved thinking about...

Shift #51: Stop Apologizing Remember when you were nearing graduation, figuring out what you wanted to do with your life? Maybe you got...

Your weekly offering of writing/art prompts. 1. Minnesota spring weather and boomerangs – similarities? 2. What keeps you awake at night?...

Shift #50: Live With Some Mystery Two weeks ago, I wrote about my mom’s WearEver chili pot (Shift #48: Remembering Connections) and a...

Shift #49: The Gift of Being Unprepared On Monday, my son Shawn arrived at my house ready to finally, after several years, clean out his...

Shift #48: Remembering Connections On Sunday evening, I was doing what I love to do: cooking for my family, sipping wine (Sterling...

Your weekly offering of writing/art prompts. 1. A room with a view – my view is the Pacific Ocean. What’s yours? 2. Travel is miraculous....

Shift #46: Memorize a Poem Yes, today’s blog post is partly inspired by the fact that April is National Poetry Month where I live. It’s...

Your weekly offering of writing/art prompts. This week, I was inspired by a mindfulness exercise called The Game of Five from the...

Your weekly offering of art/writing prompts. 1. Take the nicest character you know and find their evil side. 2. My ideal road trip would...

Shift #44: Familiar Stories, Alternative Viewpoints Lately, I’ve been thinking about how retelling stories from different points of view...

Your weekly offering of writing/art prompts. It’s Photo Fragment Friday! Enjoy. Nothing better than an odd assortment of images out of...

Shift #43: Show Your Empathy Previous posts in this series have talked about pulling weeds (Shift #7), removing obstacles (Shift #10),...

Your weekly offering of writing/art prompts. 1. Five things I love about March: spring break, Easter candy, silly St. Patrick’s Day...