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Now there’s a title. And for me it is an anthem to creativity. I think being creative is about being ready to try something new to see what comes from the effort. And that requires being not sure. Now, as a little kid, being unsure is ok. Everything is new, is learning, is trying so…… Continue reading being not sure

I’ve noticed a real buzz about me. Like all my nerves are on alert for something. Like an anticipation, perhaps even a worry. It impacts my ability to settle down and into my work. It lays in the background and hums away, stiffening my shoulders and wrecking my concentration. I cut back on the amount…… Continue reading unsettled

It seems to me that I am more productive when I have many things to do and there is little time pressure.  And when I have a few things to do and the end of a project is near, I start to procrastinate.  I think it is like a vulture, hanging in an unseen tree…… Continue reading procrastinating

It is interesting how a change of location can change my perspective and bubble up energy that I have held latent.  For me, when I see the same old same old, day in and day out I can become stale, stuck, still. When I leave home and all that is familiar to purposefully put myself…… Continue reading changing the air in your head

After some deliberation and struggle, which included writing names in alphabetical order as I thought of them, I have renamed Betsy as Debra. I thought of Deb, and Debbie, and Deborah, but all of those were too casual for the more straightforward, and perhaps formal, kind of person who I have depicted Betsy to be…… Continue reading And the name is:

I am midway through my draft of my second book about secret babies. My first book centered around Charlotte, her mother, Irene and her Aunt Alice. Guess who was the secret baby? This second book centers around Rachel, Betsy (although I think her name will change), and Nancy. Guess who is that secret baby? I…… Continue reading And for my second book – the names