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Motherhood June 17, 2022

Costume Creation Gone Crazy

She donned the gown like a girl playing dress-up and said, I’d love to dash through the halls of a palace quoting Shakespeare in this.

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Prompts May 13, 2022

The Mom who Showed Up

She wasn’t the mother she’d wanted, but she was the mother who’d shown up (from Wildcat by Amelia Morris). What does that prompt you to write?

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Writing May 6, 2022

Running Backwards

Do you ever run backwards up hills? As a break from writing?…

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Drawing & Writing May 3, 2022

Funny Things Kids Say- Write it down

I’m not leaving it to memory–that faulty device–those things that make me laugh. We all…

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Art & Adventure May 2, 2022

Drawing for the Health of It

It makes sense now that I fell in love with a writing pen. I’m a writer, always trying to tell a story, even with my art. Through the years, drawing has also become a meditative experience that is calming and stabilizing, increasing my mindfulness, creativity, and health.

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Drawing & Writing May 2, 2022

Can Drawing help Writing?

Do you ever draw as a warm-up to write? It can relax your reticular activating…

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Writing & Motherhood May 1, 2022

Celebrating Birth-days

You celebrate your children’s birthdays, your husband’s, and your own birthday, but do you also…

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Writing April 28, 2022

Interviews and Other Views

Women-On-Writing’s Renee Roberson asked some fun questions that made me think about ekphrasis, the writing…

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Adventure Mom February 14, 2022

Things You Might Miss

about your partner… It’s inevitable, I suppose, after being married a certain and very large…

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Laughgiraffedraft
Writing February 2, 2022

The Laughing Giraffe Draft

How an art installation can help you trust your creative process- Do you ever get…

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Writing October 27, 2021

How Small Prompts Help You Nano

And how to use them to keep the story flowing If you write with random…

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Matanuska lagoon
Adventure Mom June 5, 2021

Ekphrastic Mama meets Mama Matanuska

Like a huge bird our airplane touches down on the tarmac and soon makes a…

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Adventure Mom May 14, 2021

A New Thought for Today

I have lots of old thoughts that circulate regularly so when a new thought flits…

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Motherhood May 10, 2021

A New Thought for Today

I have lots of old thoughts that circulate regularly so when a new thought flits…

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Writing January 24, 2021

The Embossed Journal

In the mail today a gift arrived, wrapped and tied up with a silky ribbon,…

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