What I’m celebrating My son turns 13 tomorrow! I’ve officially converted all my children to teenagers. Excuse me, I have to go sit in a corner and rock quietly for a few minutes. Not really. I’m actually excited about this. I generally like teenagers. I really like mine! We’ll be having dinner out somewhere (he’s… Continue Reading
the starving soul at the feast of words
When I did Kel’s “mirror mirror on the wall” exercise, my top word was “unfocused.” When I wrote down the number of fiction projects I’ve been working on, the total was seven. These two things might…just might…be connected. time to take my own advice? I looked over that list of fiction projects again to decide… Continue Reading
Taming Your Dreams-Goals vs. Doing Something You Love to Do
There are many wonderful blogs out there about “following your dreams.” Tracy and I subscribe to many of them but for us, it was too overwhelming to just leap right into our big giant dreams. I mean, I wasn’t even exercising or taking time out to enjoy myself ever! If I couldn’t figure out how… Continue Reading
Kel’s Creative Eneavors-and the Goodbye to 500 Things Update!
What I’m Painting: Landscapes I’m enjoying painting with oils. It’s much easier than watercolors. If you make a mistake you can just paint over it. It does, however, take more time to finish than watercolors. The oils can take up to a week or longer to dry in between layers so you work on each picture for… Continue Reading