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Creativity
The Sound of Music
This week, we’ve been watching The Sound of Music as a family in the evenings. I remember watching it as a child, of course, but it had been years since I’d seen it. Somehow, I still remember all the words to the songs! Even though both movies star Julie Andrews as a nanny/governess, I’d never […]
This Is Not A Blog About Baking…
…But sometimes it’s fun to share parts of my life that are not about writing, productivity, or general life perspective. This past Saturday, I made this: The recipe is from the Zingerman’s Bakery cookbook, humorously called the “Hunka Burnin’ Love” cake. It looks rather unadorned (I’m a good baker, but decorating is definitely not in […]
What’s Keeping You Warm This Winter?
The “long winter” feeling tends to hit me at the start of January, right after the holiday joy fades, the decorations get packed up and the last Christmas cookie is eaten. This winter, I expect it to be worse than most, because there will be no trips or events to look forward to for many […]
Begin With The End, End With The Beginning
I’ve been trying to think up my next writing project, and no matter where my thoughts go, I always end up in the same two places. What do I have to offer? What does the world need? The Venn diagram of where the two meet is where I should put my energy. But it’s taking […]
Finding God in the Creative Process
I spent the first two months of 2020 working through Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way workbook. It’s my second time through– the first was in my mid-twenties– and I found the program much more impactful this time. While I don’t consider myself a blocked artist or an artist “in recovery,” I still learned a great […]