Creative spaces invite artistic flow over and around the obstacles of life. Without table tops, nooks, and arts and craft rooms where we, creative eclectics, can put together what delights our eyes, our streams of artistry run dry. This awareness revisited me yesterday when magical moments plumped up the pumpkins and crackled the candles I …
Peek
Check out this amazing new website for exploring and booking your travel fantasies, Peek, which my son, Josiah, helped to launch. Peek is a fantastic resource for the creative eclectic in need inspirational travel excursions. READ THE ENTIRE POST...
We’ve Moved In!
Thanks to the help of our wonderful family, the big move into our new home is finally finished. We couldn’t have done it without them, so we send another BIG THANK YOU to all of you who helped. Saturday evening, Elya and Laura cooked our family’s first meal in our new digs. As I listened …
Home Renovation: An Overwhelming yet Exhilarating Creative Project
Renovating a home is, perhaps, one of the most all-consuming, ginormous artistic projects a person can tackle. My husband and I have trekked through seven months of Mount Everest-like obstacles and are still looking for the summit of finishing these home-improvements. As if the grueling six months of short-sale-stretched-long didn’t churn up enough anxiety and …
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Trust
“You will know the right thing to do when the time is right to do it.” I think God doles out trust one moment at a time, because as much as I try to generate my own, grace must kiss my trembling lips before they utter, “I believe.” And aren’t we all kind of like blind …
Criticism: Raven of the Soul
I’d rather be a dove of peace than a raven of criticism. In fact, I often think…there is already so much wrong in the world, why point out the obvious, over and over again? I also wonder at what point personal beliefs end and another’s free will begins? Is there a fine line between standing up …
Edie Kynard: Frazzled, Fearless & Free
Art is a fruit that grows in man, like fruit on a plant, or a child in it’s mother’s womb. - Edie Kynard “Driving along with my Nikon on the seat beside me, I was content with a cup of coffee and scenic views of a foggy morning in St. Augustine. The lake looked surreal …
Return to What you Love
A hurried lifestyle often hurls me off the path of creativity. During these times of hustle and bustle, dew-kissed roses in my garden bloom alone; I forget to take my usual strolls to admire their beauty and breathe in their succulent scent. Then I wonder why the soul dries and the songbird’s trill turns to …
Remember to whisper thank you…
My soul swells with promises of good things come true: A new job I love A daughter returned home A house renovation underway A family filled with helping and togetherness Angst turned the corner towards trust, as I watched my father’s delight upon seeing his great-granddaughter. Frustration ebbed away and peace engulfed the perforated membrane …
