Musicians, writers, and artists of all kinds who go beyond money and fame to seek and share inner wealth.
I once held a friend’s hair back as she vomited at a sleepover. My friend, Laura, was not truly wanted at the party (and knew it) but the popular-girl hostess had been forced by her mother to invite her. The whole night had been awkward as Laura danced for the queen bee and her sidekick. While playing charades [...]
I cannot seem to get enough details about who I am and what I am supposed to do in this world. This week a trail of web links led me to The Authentic Happiness website where I took a 240 question VIA Survey of Character Strengths. The Authentic website is based on the work of [...]
“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” ~ Virginia Woolf I am operating on less than four hours of sleep and less than six hours of me time for the whole week. I feel edgy and my skin crawls from lack of recovery [...]
How do you handle frustration? Conflict ? My usual coping style is to relent and let conflict swallow me like a spoon in pudding, but occasionally I push up against problems like Sisyphus and his boulder. But I am looking at things differently now. Writers, spiritual leaders, and everyday experiences have inspired a new approach to [...]
I did not paint this. I just wish I did.:) "The object of painting a picture is not to make a picture... The object, which is back of every true work of art, is the attainment of a state of being, a high state of functioning, a more than ordinary moment of existence." Robert [...]
Woody Harrelson all natural. Who knew Woody Harrelson wrote poetry? I didn’t, until recently when I ran across his poem, Alien Creature, and this line of clarity: I feel like a run-on sentence in a punctuation crazy world. Me too. When do we get to free-write through life with our modifiers dangling, [...]
