I've started pre-heating our dinner plates. Windows are closed.  A shower of leaves and twigs rained down in front of the windows last weekend, which means the gutters are clean (for now); I made a huge pot of bean and veggie soup, ladling it...

What childhood messages do you think still echo in your mind?

"Life is not all fun and games."

"You're so funny." 

"Do unto others..."

"You're a born teacher."

"Children should be..."

"You're good at..."

"You were a mistake from day...

You're Not Writing. You Even Make Time to Write. You're Not Writing. But you want to write. You feel the call to share stories, experiences, your gifts, or to record history as it unfolds. But, crickets! TRY. ONE. MORE. THING. Please? It is...

DEEPEN THE POWER: People are often discouraged- and sometimes forced- to dismiss and ignore their gut instinct and lean into facts-based logic and reasoning. In the process, they disregard one of the most powerful resources we as humans...

What do recipes have to do with writing? Sense-memories; Nostalgia, Connection with others, Retreat plans, Gratitudes; body pleasures, all nourishing gifts for writers’ and readers' minds!

Some of the best things about Winter begin with warm...

"The Feels" can become barriers and self-sabotage; food for The Resistance Monster hiding next to the manuscript in your closet! Perhaps you’re like me, looking at retirement (finally) and an empty nest as a pathway to (finally) writing that...