sunday sounds : it’s a very worthy line and it’s getting worthier all the time
(Many thanks to Katey Kintzer for pointing me to this)
simple action saturday : write one today
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. Meister Eckhart In August 2009, I started writing a thank-you note every morning. It has created an overwhelming spirit of thankfulness, gratitude, and spaciousness in my life. Where I look for reasons to say …
let me talk to you.
When I did a reading last summer in Bend, Oregon, a fantastic, young blind woman was in the audience, and also at a fire circle my host Beth Patterson held afterward. "I'd really like to read your book," she told me after the reading. "I'll record it for you," I …
thinking thursday.
mind :: my brain and yours We are now officially a nation of idiots. Ten rules for writing fiction! I loved these! I might be in trouble with number 5! What do you think! Even if you don't read fiction, read them! They apply to writing in general! (Thanks to …
poetry wednesday : for the young (and old) who want to
For the young who want to Talent is what they say you have after the novel is published and favorably reviewed. Beforehand what you have is a tedious delusion, a hobby like knitting. Work is what you have done after the play is produced and the audience claps. Before that …
found-art tuesday : survey me
I love the way Tess thinks. Everything is a diagram or a checklist or a poll. We find them all over the house. What about you? DO YOU HAVE PETS? WHAT KIND? HOW MANY?
mindful monday : remember
"When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college – that my job was to teach people to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, 'You mean they forget?'" -Howard Ikemoto This week, …
simple action saturday : one click.
One simple action. One click. Do it every time you get in a car. For the people you love and who love you.
