A “hodgepodge” is a confused mixture or jumble, and today I’ve got a hodgepodge of summer things for you. There’s a little about life, something about writing, and plenty about the garden. Life Hodgepodge In a lot of ways June and early July was a time of endings and beginnings. I get a half share,…
Writing
Lost Lake Writers Retreat
Having finished the first draft of a novel this summer, I promised myself my reward would be a weekend getaway. On a whim I searched for writer’s retreats in Michigan and found the Lost Lake Writers Retreat. It was the perfect way to nurture my writing soul. The Lost Lake Writers Retreat is presented annually…
Big Secret Goal Reveal: It’s 1977 All Over Again
It’s finally time to reveal one of those big secrets I’ve been keeping from you. And this big secret isn’t finished: it’s just beginning. I’ve always wanted to write fiction, and have failed over and over. I get off to a great start then lose steam and stop. That’s about to change – thanks to…
Mission 2022 February
In 2022, I’m combining lessons from the heart with some –cough cough – goals. But I don’t like the word goals, so it’s a quest, a journey, a mission: that for which I am destined. So how was January? January’s Tarot Card I did a tarot spread for the full year and January’s card was…
The WordStorm Cover Reveal
At long last, I am releasing a collection of poetry and here is the cover: This was immediately the cover that pulled me in and held me. Allen Ginsberg’s approach to poetry was ‘first thought best thought’ and -in the case of this cover- that really applies. There’s something about that lightning and the purple…
Writing & Mindfulness
Not long ago I told someone that I was interested in the intersection of writing and mindfulness. The phrase just rolled off my tongue and – to be honest – I wasn’t quite sure what I meant. Full disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate. If you click on a link and buy something (even if…
This Voraciousness
(A journal excerpt) This voraciousness is about the insatiable quest for knowledge, the need to know more to learn more to experience more. Though not to experience – experience chews up time. Learn and move on to the next thing, learn more, read more, more, more. This voraciousness is a stumbling block, a thing that…
Creativity and Intuition Are Partners Made In Heaven
Creative intuition is the ability to quickly identify valuable or useful creative ideas without conscious thought. As with all intuition, it is described as instantaneous without any conscious understanding of how the mind created the idea. –Simplicable Intuition is Creative Back when I was first truly starting on my spiritual journey, I worked through Julia…