I’m in Onset, an historic Victorian waterfront community which has preserved most of the original storefronts and cottages. The Victorian charm of the era is evident in the many period homes here, including the one I am staying in. It’s also only two miles from the Cape Cod Canal. It’s a summer town, so it’s […]
Travel Log Write Around the World 2017 January Sydney NSW Australia February Margaret River Western Australia March Dunsborough Western Australia March Sydney NSW Australia April New York […]
‘Would you like a digestif? Limoncello? It’s on the house.’ The waiter, dressed impossibly tight, black jeans, white-tight t-shirt, thick leather belt, ankles bare above leather loafers, hipster beard, sculpted hair—you get the picture—tilts his head and we shrug a why not? ‘ Si. Grazie. We would love limoncello.’ I sighed. How perfect. The sky […]
100 Day CreativeChallenge: Day 35 Finding Your Brave I never met Ruthee Elisabeth Carnegie, but her words have impacted me. Her life has spoken to me thorough the lives of several of my friends. She battled with cancer for the last couple of years yet she inspired her friends to live life with fragrance and […]
100 Day CreativeChallenge: Day 34 A Revolution in Your Heart I’ve had a pretty crappy sort of day. It’s a New Year and I’ve had a setback with my recovery. I spent the day in bed feeling very low, sore and very lazy. At church tonight the sermon was about making progress and making […]
100 Day CreativeChallenge: Day 33 Frame It! Build It! I’ve been on a road trip the last couple of days and, because I’m recovering from surgery, all I’m allowed to do is read. (Not that I’m complaining! Reading is my number one hobby.) Reading is my hobby, but it’s also homework. (Seriously!) I was privileged […]
100 Day Creative Challenge: Day 32 Appointments For Adventure New Year is traditionally a time when we reflect on the previous year and make resolutions or plans for the next. As a writer, I imagine the New Year as a blank page, one to be filled with potential stories, ideas and characters which will form […]
One Hundred Day Creative Challenge: Day 31 Recovering a Sense of Possibility LESSON FIVE: It’s Time to Dream It’s New Year’s Eve again. It only seems like yesterday I was sitting here at my desk dreaming about 2015 and its possibilities and now we’re in the final hours. I’ve never been one for New Year’s Resolutions […]
One Hundred Day Creative Challenge: Day 28 Recovering a Sense of Possibility LESSON FOUR: REPLACE ‘NO WAY!’ WITH ‘MAYBE.’ Julia Cameron calls finding our creative voice and following its guidance, ‘Finding the River’ in her book The Artist’s Way. When we begin to recover our sense of possibility we find ourselves saying, “You could still […]
