~ I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind~Albert Einstein ~ I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. ~Henry David Thoreau People pay good money for a writing retreat; I reminded myself [...]
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Alone Again, Naturally
Posted in writing, tagged alone time, solitude, writing on April 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Muse, The Mother, and Kenny G
Posted in death, writing, tagged grief, mother's death, writing on March 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Nothing prepared me for the loss of my mother. Even knowing that she would die did not prepare me. A mother, after all, is your entry into the world. She is the shell in which you divide and become a life. Waking up in a world without her is like waking up in a world [...]
The Essence of a Writer in 300 words or less…
Posted in writing, tagged writing on March 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In 300 words or less, describe how writing encompasses your life. This was for a “writing calendar” which sadly did not come to fruition in time for a 2011 publication. This was my submission, coming in at 296 words. If you recognize yourself in this, maybe you, too, are a writer, and you just don’t [...]
The Muse and the Memories
Posted in writing, tagged inspiration, memory book, mother, muse, writing on March 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“I had the most enjoyable little talks with my Dad in his workshop where we talked about woodworking, looking over his latest projects. He was so happy when I started woodcarving-he told me the Weis’s were always good with woodworking and some ancestors in Germany were woodcarvers. After Dad’s death, it seemed he was observing [...]
Little Secrets, Part II
Posted in cancer, faith, tagged cancer, Virginia Woolf, writing on February 20, 2011 | 3 Comments »
This morning when I woke up with a half a dozen ideas for articles or essays knocking around in my head, I immediately thought about my mother’s scrapbooks, notebooks and folded sheets of paper. It made me consider how I could do much better about jotting down ideas when they came to me. After all, how many [...]
Little Secrets
Posted in writing, tagged creativity, mother, writing on February 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
“…anything that stretches the mind is a help to the potential author.” — Madeleine L’Engle (A Circle of Quiet) “Women, then, have not had a dog’s chance of writing poetry. That is why I have laid so much stress on money and a room of one’s own.” – Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own [...]
Caution~ Artist at Work
Posted in writing, tagged writing on February 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I went there on the pretense that I needed time alone to write. Where else could I go on a Sunday afternoon? The library was closed and my favorite area restaurant was as well. And let’s face it, that Chapter Eleven that I‘ve been putting off forever (I’d even skipped it to finish chapter 12) [...]
Balm for the soul~ Writing and Shopping
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cancer, coupons, shopping, writing on September 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
At the beginning of David’s cancer treatment I didn’t have it in me to enjoy any couponing or good-deal shopping. There was no time for scouting deals, no joy in bringing home bags of free stuff. Instead, I immersed myself in misery and caregiving. I wallowed in it, spending every single minute of every single [...]
So to Speak…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged public speaking, writing on August 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Mary Potter Kenyon, an 18-year veteran homeschooler, applies the principles of lifetime learning to her own freelance writing. From the years of scribbling rough drafts on legal pads in snatched moments while her babies slept, to branching out on the Internet and acquiring an agent, Mary will discuss what she has learned in her 20 [...]
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