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• What Makes A Home?

  I’ve moved many times in my life—sometimes from East Coast to West and back, other times from one side of town to the other.  I’ve lived in tiny... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• One Simple Thing

  When my head is filled with scraps of conversations and hints of tasks undone, let me manage something simple: Let me dispose of the papers that have accumulate... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Joy of 3 A.m. Inspiration

  I’m used to waking up in the middle of the night with anxiety, and I can get it over just about anything—a trip planned, an early morning obligation, a meeting... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Recipe for Nostalgia

  My Czech great-grandmother used to make yeast dough buns filled with a sweet poppy-seed mixture called Kolache.  I remember the rich taste of the... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Small Accomplishments

  The other day I took a walk in the rain—unplanned.  That is, I planned to walk, but I did not plan for the rain, which began as I was parking my car at th... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• What I Don't Know

  I know less and less every day. I discovered this week that I didn’t know that the word pronounced “seg-way” meaning  “transition” is really spelled... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Turn On The Lights

  Having taught college writing for a number of years in the past, I find it a great pleasure to be back in the classroom—as a student.  Instead of being th... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Attraction: Talking the Talk

  What brings two people together? For her, a man had to be able to talk.  She wasn’t interested in the tall, dark and silent type.  She had already... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• How Stress Affects Family Relationships

  Recently a friend told me about her difficult family relationships, and I realized how fortunate I am to have the family I do. Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• New Video Demonstrates the Painting Process

  

  I just made a new video demonstrating how I paint.  In it I show how I use a brush, a palette knife, and lines drawn with acrylic paint. Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• When You Live Alone

  When you live alone the grocery shopping is simpler. When you live alone you leave the dirty dishes anywhere you please as long as you like. When you live... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• To Be Alone

  I want to be alone but I don’t want to be alone.  This is the dilemma.    I walk into the house after a night out and feel a pain in my gut—a... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Shy Caterpillar Turns Into Social Butterfly

  Since Adrian died, I’ve been trying to remake my life, figuring out how to balance alone time and social time.  I’m a person who needs a lot of down... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Future Doesn't Exist

  I know the future doesn’t exist in the sense that all we have is this present moment.  Now is all there is. But for me the future doesn’t exist in a more... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Unwanted Wanting Self

  My wanting self wants me to be different. My wanting self wants me to not want so much.   My wanting self also wants me to love me just the way I am. But ... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• What I Can Do Under Pressure

  Is what I can do well under pressure the thing I’m supposed to be doing?  Ironically, if I can write this blog, then I will have undermined my answer.... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Inner Peace - That Ephemeral Grail

  I would just like to get everything settled once and for all. I’d like to be finished with my anxieties and hang-ups, to silence that chatter in my head. Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Heat Wave Hypochondria

  Those of us without air-conditioning in this unusual Ithaca heat wave are tossing fitfully throughout the night.  We aim fans directly on our bodies.... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Read My New Art Blog

  

  I have a new art blog post today about revising a painting with a looser interpretation. You may read it on my art website. Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Shades of Loneliness

  I still feel lonely at times, especially in the evenings, living my life without Adrian.  But the loneliness didn’t begin with his death. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION