Writing
On Waiting to Be a Writer
When I was a girl, dreaming about becoming a writer one day, waiting never factored into it. There were misty scenes of me sitting at an old oak desk by a dormer window, in a light-filled loft room of an English country home. I gazed out upon the Jane Austen style garden, with obligatory fountain…
Read MoreHow to Create a More Mindful & Sustainable Home
With the invention of social media there are more and more ways to see beautiful images and information all of the time, which can be inspirational. But it can also give you the sense that everyone else is living some kind of ‘perfect’ life. This definition of perfect, is driven by consumerism. This is not…
Read More12 Ways to Create a Content Strategy for Your Blog & Social Media
Do you have a business? Are you writing a blog and/or using relevant social media channels to share and promote your work? Whether you are a maker, artist, writer, product-based business, service provider, educator, news or media website, advocate, activist, health care professional, charity, or anything else, social media is an ever-growing suite of thousands…
Read MoreLet It Go
In the chaos of the world, do you wonder what on earth you are doing sometimes? Does worrying become your everyday companion? Does the relentless stream of information coming at you, make you feel like you are drowning? It can feel like everything is pointless. It can feel like there is nothing you can do…
Read MoreMiraculous Gratitude
Miraculous My body, Broken parts pushing me flat, Holding me to ransom, Becoming my prison. My mind, rising up, Seeing the whole picture, Birds across sky, black arcs calling through warm winds, Blue skies rolling over dusky pink mountains, Silver seas tumbling gently over golden sands. My heart filled with stories, Woven by people, Warmed by…
Read MoreTo The Salty Sea
Take my hand and give me hope, Walk with me to the salty sea, Watch sky meet water Day hovering into night, See silver stars Fade into sight, Across an endless Purple black palette, Understand We are tiny, We stand upon Edges Moments Pieces of Time, We stand upon Spaces borrowed From our children, Take…
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