A Creative Reboot
“We are never too old to be young at heart. Being young at heart means simply being willing to be a beginner.” ~ Julia Cameron. On September 15, 2011, exactly seven years ago to the date, I picked up the…
Angels Wear Plaid
Noticing life out loud since 2011
Angels Wear Plaid
Noticing life out loud since 2011
Tag Walking in This World
A Walk in the Park
I can tend to be a creature of habit when it comes to certain aspects of my life, especially if it’s an activity that involves the possibility of getting lost. Try as I might to change it, the fact is…
Life Life Fully and Freely
It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost exactly two years since I read “Walking in This World,” by Julia Cameron. It would be an understatement to say that it changed my life; although would probably be more accurate to say…
Happy Anniversary and…A Leap of Faith…
It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since I took a deep breath, clicked on the publish button, and whala! I published my very first post ‘Wow! That was ‘Eye Popping 3d’! I actually started blogging six years…
If You Build it They will Come
What do Mahatma Gandhi and Ray Kinsella, the character played by Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams, have in common? One man is real, of great historical significance, and influenced people around the world. The other is a fictional character…
I Could Have had a V8
What started as a clever ad campaign for V8 vegetable juice somehow became a phrase synonymous with “Wow, if only I had known, I’d have made a different choice.” Sometimes we don’t feel the accompanying thunk on the head until…
I’ve Been Framed
Teachers can have a profound and lasting impact on us. While overall I have positive memories of school, there are a few incidents that I remember like they happened yesterday. Like the time I tried hiding my stewed tomatoes in…
It’s Never too Late to Bloom
As a young girl I enjoyed few things more than losing myself in the adventures of The Boxcar Children (Gertrude Chandler Warner)and Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren), but my favorite will always be the Little House on the Prairie series by…
You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can’t Tuna Fish
One of my favorite bands in high school was REO Speedwagon. They are no longer in my music collection, but to this day I crank the radio and sing “It’s time for me to fly” at the top of my…
“It is What It is”…or is It?
If you’re anything like me, you’re not sure whether to cringe, roll your eyes, or take comfort and believe in the seemingly overused and abundant exchange of platitudes during turbulent times. We’ve all been on both sides of giving and…