I did this last night as part of my effort to better stay motivated on my writing goals this month. This is a trick that a lot of writers use – I’ve even done it using Post-It Notes on the wall, but in this case I wanted my tasks to be a little more portable.…
Pen trouble, scribble scrunch,A blank catastrophe.Orphaned notionsDribble to naught.Not a blockBlocks are solid.Chasm? Void? Abyss?What do you want?If I knew the right wordWe wouldn’t be here.We’d be writing. -Jenel Alan CreativityOriginalWorkPoetryWriting
Earlier this summer my brother and sister-in-law came to visit. They wanted to hike down to this beach – and I wasn’t quite up to it for several reasons. So I chose to stay behind at the overlook while they, and my husband, went down to the beach. This could have been disappointing to me…
How do you get a grown woman to connect with her inner child? Give her a jar of glitter medium. CreativityEverydayMagicOriginal ArtWater
In many versions of the character Sherlock Holmes (the title of the post is a reference to the Benedict Cumberbatch iteration) the great consulting detective gets easily bored and does wacky things as a result. I’m not saying I’m a Sherlockian genius by any means, but I do have a busy brain that can make…
So this sign was the result of my determination to add something to my office at the beginning of the academic year that would help me set the tone. One dollar store trip and a little acrylic paint later I had my cloudy sky inspired sign. I’m also pretty proud of my planter which I…
I can’t believe it’s been over a year since I posted to the blog. I had such momentum in October 2020 – I thought I was ready to publish only to find out that I’d lost the newest, most edited version of my manuscript… over a year later I’m still working through it again. I…
I love my job – it’s fulfilling and worthwhile and even in the COVID-19 madness I still enjoy it. But… It can be pretty consuming. It’s just creative enough to use my creative energies and demands just enough writing that it uses up my writing energy and at the end of the day I often…
So I wanted to start playing with photos and Photoshop just isn’t in the budget right now. My husband told me about a free photo editing program. The problem is that when I get into it I just end up playing with all the toys and not actually learning how to edit photos. So instead…
So when we moved a couple of years ago I decided I wanted some abstract water-ish looking paintings to hang in our living room, but I was too cheap to buy them at the store and wondered if I could do it myself. That thought led to a new hobby that I’m thoroughly enjoying. I…
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