Be your Creative Self
I was recently talking with someone pondering a life transition. I’m thinking of starting a business, she mused. I hear you need to have four income streams to really make it work… She furrowed her brow and looked at me for validation.
No, I told her. You need to dream.
[Read more…] about Order of OperationsI’ve written about phenology before; today I want to talk about the seasons of creativity. It’s a New Year’s tradition of mine to take a bit of January to do some planning and goal setting. Some years it happens right at the turn of the calendar; other years it takes me a week or three to find the time.
[Read more…] about Season to DreamThe year has burst from the gate like a race horse. I’m not sure why, but this go ’round seems particularly character-building. I suppose you can’t judge a book by its cover, and perhaps you can’t judge a year by the first few days either.
But if you could…
[Read more…] about The ViewHello all and happy New Year!
We are in the midst of an unseasonably warm spell followed closely on the heels of an unseasonably cold spell. Our lone duck, the sole survivor of a flock once 29 strong, has been sleeping on the pond – a choice we’ve questioned at various points over the past few weeks. A duck on an open pond is safe from predators. A duck frozen into a pond is dinner.
[Read more…] about Duck Tracks (Happy New Year!)It’s winter here. The full-on kind. We’re in our second blizzard, after having barely unburied ourselves from the first. It’s a quiet November Sunday, perfect for taking a nap – and then another.
[Read more…] about Snow DayToday’s post is near and dear to me. I’ve shared it before, but promised myself it should be an annual tradition. On the first bitter snowfall of the year, you’ll find it here.
[Read more…] about Snow Geese
