creative process

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

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

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

Happy post-Fourth Friday. photo credit: KCMickelson.

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

Your weekly offering of writing/art prompts. 1. Minnesota spring weather and boomerangs – similarities? 2. What keeps you awake at night? 3. The last group d...

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

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

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

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