Tag Archives: creativity

Anticipating the August Upper Peninsula Book Tour!

Posted on July 23, 2014 by

OK, I can almost hear you wondering. What?  She’s gone and wrote a book and didn’t tell us about it? Rest easy, dear reader.  When and if I write a book you’ll surely know six months in advance! However, I … Continue reading →

Posted in July 2014 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 28 Comments

This week my to-do list lassoed me around the neck

Posted on December 20, 2013 by

Creative Story #1.  This week my to-do list lassoed me around the neck, hog-tied me, and threw me in the closet.  The to-do list looked like a demon, you know, wearing red Christmas long underwear and sarcastically humming, “God rest … Continue reading →

Posted in December 2013 | Tagged , , , , , , , | 28 Comments

“And I thought you were JUST a housewife from Michigan!”

Posted on October 13, 2013 by

Originally posted on Lake Superior Spirit:
Me. Pregnant. Housewife. Smirking. Gosh, that hair DOES look red, doesn't it? Aww, look at little Chris… OK, OK, you gleaned the truth from that title, didn’t you? There is a tiny part of…

Posted in October 2013 | Tagged , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

The great and powerful longing

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

I awoke this morning thinking about–and feeling–longing. The longing, like a swirling snake of energy, which has lived with me since I was a wee putter-snapper.   Do you live with longing? Oh, she can be a challenging guest, that … Continue reading →

Posted in April 2013 | Tagged , , , , , , | 51 Comments

A non-apologetic manifesto about being weird.

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

First, let’s get the definition straight.  If a person is weird, what the heck does that mean? A Google search revealed these synonyms:  strange – odd – peculiar – quaint – uncanny – bizarre. Now that we *almost* know the … Continue reading →

Posted in January 2013 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 76 Comments

Thank you for four wonderful years of blogging here.

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

Yep, my friends, it’s been four years of blogging on WordPress come Winter Solstice. Will you forgive me a post down Memory’s Lane? My first WordPress blog started after lighting a grand solstice fire on a snowy night out in … Continue reading →

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Fare thee well, fallow fields and yet another blogging break

Posted on November 14, 2012 by

And now…it’s time for this one to take another blogging break. Yes, you knew this would happen, didn’t you? You recognize the pattern, don’t you, even though I’ve tried to deny it? Some of us create, create, create, create…and then … Continue reading →

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