Time for Yourself

The Artist's Way :: 1

{I’ll be posting a few thoughts once a week on the topics that come up during The Artist’s Way process} On morning pages:: Been doing the morning pages (similar to the rambling pages I wrote of here).  I’m reminded how powerful they really are.  Such a simple, small gesture of attention to give to yourself, [...]

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Beginning the Artist's Way, Would you like to join me?

Have you heard of The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron? Perhaps you have, it is a seminal work that has been read and used by millions. Maybe you haven’t yet, I only heard of it a year or two ago and since then have thought many times that I should check it out. Essentially it [...]

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Relishing the speedy meal

{This post was originally posted January 14, 2009} I *kind* of remember the days when I would plan, prepare and share gourmet meals with my husband and friends.  The shopping for special ingredients, the long prep times, the lingering over a simmering pot with a glass of wine. Photo by Schilling 2 Things are a [...]

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A Day of Rest

“What did you do this weekend?,” a friend asked me on a Monday morning.  “Nothing much,” was my knee jerk response.  But “nothing” couldn’t have been farther from the truth.  Saturday was spent shuffling the kids from one set of grandparents to the other so that I could race to clean the house and get caught up [...]

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Good, Better, Yes and No

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the changes and transformations that happen along the journey of motherhood.  In the 2+ years I’ve been on this life-long path, I’ve had to face myself in ways that I never have before.  It’s been challenging, frightening, painful, joyful and incredibly rewarding.  One of the things I began [...]

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