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Limitations?

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…

An Alternative to Blowing Holes in the Walls

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…

Some days, not many…

Poet Some days, not many, I’m a poet. I rein down the world.Force it to slow until I can seeThe clouds move andWords grab hold. I’m not one of the Emilysor Langston, of course.Who is? But some days,Not many,I’m a poet. -Jenel Alan CreativityPoetryWriting

Relax aka Creative Office II

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…

Creative office

For a long time I dreamed of having a job with a real office. Now that I have one it’s been fun to add creative touches. Plus, it gives me another place to put all the various stuff that I and my husband make. I added this little guy to the bookshelf today. CreativityOriginal Art

Finding a way

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…