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If you don't know Keith Jennings, get to know him through his Sunday newsletter, Root Notes. A few weeks ago I published a post about Keith's newsletter on his resolutions. Keith is a writer and shared with us some very wincing things we do when we write, and his resolutions to fix them. I . . . → Read More: A “New” Writer? I firmly believe that the relationships between mothers and daughters and fathers and sons are sacred. They reach far, far into every other relationship in our life. They determine how we will find and treat a spouse. They determine how we will raise and treat our children. They determine how we will behave in close . . . → Read More: That’s True, BUT… Yes. A day of studying trees. Today while working on my illustrating project it became apparent, as my focus shifted from my main characters to the backgrounds, there are a lot of trees involved. I needed to explore tree parts and shadows. I also think each picture is going be quite small, so I needed . . . → Read More: Studying Trees Some days are just filled with love. Not big, huge starry-eyed I'm falling in love love, but teeny tiny fondness love for little ordinary things. This weekend, as I cleaned, relaxed, and did artwork, I found myself saying "I really love and appreciate ______." to my husband four or five times. I asked him to . . . → Read More: iLuv While cleaning out the magazine holder I came across a crinkled copy of Writer Magazine from 2010. It was folded to page 12, indicating I must have been reading something of interest when I set it down two years ago. I questioned the importance of the article since I never returned to it. Curiosity got . . . → Read More: Write Like An Athelete – Cape Cod Children’s Writers Blog How familiar is that phrase? For the last two weeks I've had more "I don't feel like it" moments than is normal for me. When it came time to go to yoga or fit club, to write, draw, go to a meeting, etc. I had two choices. One, I could just get up and push . . . → Read More: I Just Don’t Feel Like It I am still trying to work out these publishing to Facebook issues. The Typepad people are helpful. They answer my emails right away and are working on the problem. In the meantime they said I have to use RSSGrafitti. This means learning a new techno skill. I got the RSSGrafitti to work and set up . . . → Read More: Today Is A Test – Literally Today’s quote in yesterday’s Cape Cod Times was: “Life is a great big canvas and you should throw all the paint you can on it.” ~ Danny Kaye I love this quote. Right away I picture a white canvas with all bright colors being spattered and swirled all over it. Life. Big, beautiful, exciting…..etc. Then . . . → Read More: Painting! I am at the Braintree T stop just outside of Boston waiting for my daughter's train. She just let me know she's going to be late, so I sit here thinking about how much better I feel today after a rough week. Everyday this week has been hard. Extreme muscle fatigue and mental lethargy . . . → Read More: No Impetus Yesterday I took a day off. My daughters would laugh and say, "A day off from what? You don't work." Since they are still in the time of their lives when a typical job takes up five days a week, a day off to them just means you don't go to your place of work. . . . → Read More: A Day Off |
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