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What 30 days of (relentless) creation taught me 15 Aug 2013 | 12:07 pm
So, I’m now officially on the other side of my 30-day challenge to create something new every day, and… wow! That was amazing. Of all my 30-day challenges, this was the most fun, the most frenetic, th...
Unplugged zealot 8 Aug 2013 | 02:01 pm
So, I’m back home after four days of camping, and because it had been so long since we’d camped (3 years), we were a little out of practice. At some point, the sheer volume of things we forgot to pack...
Superpower blues 1 Aug 2013 | 01:01 pm
I’m in a playful mood because tomorrow we leave for four days of camping in Shasta. Four days isn’t nearly long enough, but it’s what we could manage this year… and it’s way more than zero days, which...
Coffee shop couple 25 Jul 2013 | 02:48 pm
More and more, I find myself wanting to work at the intersection of my two passions – writing and doodling. I’ve been playing in the sandbox a bit already, with my cards, Obscure Word Doodles and illu...
A big, little request. And also… my take on fashion. 18 Jul 2013 | 01:04 pm
I have a 1-minute favor to ask of you. The Boy made a 56-second video for Bridgestone’s “Teens Drive Smart” video scholarship contest. Out of over 1800 submissions, his video, “Rules of the Road,” ma...
30 days of (wild, playful, maybe even unseemly) creation 11 Jul 2013 | 01:01 pm
I’ve been in a bit of a creative funk lately. I’ve been writing and doodling and even painting, but I’ve felt off – antsy and unfocused. Last weekend, I figured out what was wrong. In January of this...
Turning kindness inward 4 Jul 2013 | 08:46 pm
My friend Jill Salahub has launched an inspiring interview series on her blog called “Self-compassion Saturday.” What I love about it is that it’s not theoretical. Jill is on a very personal journey t...
A controlled burn 27 Jun 2013 | 02:00 pm
Last week, I wrote about my decision to burn my journals. The conversation that emerged from that post here and on Facebook was wonderful – people on both sides of the journal-burning divide explainin...
Parts of a whole (revisited) 20 Jun 2013 | 01:01 pm
(Gorgeous Art by Pamela Carlson) Part 1 In August of 2011, I wrote about the heady experience of opening my great aunt’s 1922 diary for the first time. I was with my mother, who’d pulled the big, leat...
Manifesto magic: 4 different takes on love 13 Jun 2013 | 01:01 pm
Time for some manifesto magic. I wrote about my love of manifestos – the certainty of them, the optimism of writing out your aspirations as faits accomplis, the boldness of life plans deeply rooted in...
