“Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.” — Pablo Picasso Perfect quote for my Sunday Solitude. I dragged myself out of bed and allowed my Sunday chores to come along as slowly as I wanted them to. I stared at the sky. I listened to my daughter tell stories to my husband. I wasContinue reading “Solitude Sunday -A Place Where You Can Be Human”
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A Bit of a Romantic
“The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.” -Anais Nin It’s so much better to romanticize your life. Finding ways to make miserable things have a bit of sparkle is what works. There’s a song from the original Mary Poppins titled A Spoonful of Sugar that taught me young how to doContinue reading “A Bit of a Romantic”
Latest Cellphone Game
I like to share what I’m playing on my cell phone to decompress. I still play My Oasis. I really do enjoy that game, but I needed to switch it up a little bit, so lately I’ve been playing Find It Out. It’s just like Where’s Waldo but digital. I do the same thing withContinue reading “Latest Cellphone Game”
Evil is Unspectacular
“Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.” -W. H. Auden What a line. I have never heard of this author but yea I appreciate these words right now. W.H. Auden “English poet, playwright, critic, and librettist Wystan Hugh Auden exerted a major influence on the poetry of theContinue reading “Evil is Unspectacular”
Gentle Reminder
Not much summer left for me, but I’m happy that I got to spend this summer focused on my home and my family. My girls are just about ready to start the school year, and I hope I can keep working on finding ways to increase our well-being as a family without sacrificing too muchContinue reading “Gentle Reminder”
Artistic Dreams
“I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.” -Vincent Van Gogh Now this I can relate to. I wasn’t expecting to find anything really interesting tonight, but here it is. An amazing artist is guiding me back to my place in this world. Not that I only have one place! I am aContinue reading “Artistic Dreams”
I Have Stood on the Peaky Mountain
“I have been in Sorrow’s kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.” -Zora Neale Hurston I was trying to think of Ms. Hurston’s name this weekend at a writing group I attend. I had to lookContinue reading “I Have Stood on the Peaky Mountain”
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
“I think the story is the most ancient form of human entertainment.” -David Mitchell I’ve been thinking about Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell a lot lately. I haven’t read the book yet, but I loved the movie. It definitely had an impact on me and made me rethink a lot of things that go onContinue reading “Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell”
Openness
“The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it.” -E. B. White I do like things staying the same. At the same time, I like to keep expanding too. I took one of those leadership tests and I scored high in openness. TheyContinue reading “Openness”
My Writing Friends
It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. -E.B. White I really like this quote. Seriously, my little group of writing rebels lights up my life. Rebels because they write against all odds. They write in the middle of the night and early morning. After work, thinkingContinue reading “My Writing Friends”
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