When it’s time, it’s time

I am the kind of person that needs to have everything handled before I move. I'm getting ready to be ready. To the point that when I'm finally ready, I'm too exhausted with stress that I don't really enjoy the thing I got ready for. I tried something different this time. I announced the release…

The Fire Within

I don't think I ever talked to you about this course I'm taking. It's a ten month-long course, with 5 intensive weekends and practice work in between weekends. It's called the Wisdom Unlimited Course and it is fabulous. It's my second time in the course -- I did it in 2008 and created amazing results…

What reminds you of “home”?

Day 2/30 photo challenge: HOME Today, I am thankful for the abundance of food that have blessed my home through the years. Raising 3 amazing and healthy children more #blessings were showered upon us. May we gather again and again to share a bowl of homemade soup. With great respect! A.

Back to first loves

Growing up I had many interests, but writing and drawing were the most fulfilling. In my twenties, having to raise my kids, work and stuff, I chose to keep up with the writing. Drawing was lost but never forgotten. For about 20 years I kept buying brushes, canvas, pencils, pens and paint, thinking that I…

Going for the Gold

Yes it's the time of the Summer Olympics. I always waited with much excitement to participate with my cheers and love, supporting the favorites and discovering favorites in many sports. What gets me so excited is the determination, commitment that athletes show, day in and day out, to achieve their goals. This can be applied to…

Exploring silence

Silence. I have been contemplating silence in my life for a few weeks now. I even created a collage about it to see where I stand in regards to it. What came up: It seems like I need silence   A few times this year, I had this urge to go and walk somewhere. Just…

On Commitment

I found this in my stuff: "If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you are doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. Its tough enough getting that boat to shore with everybody rowing, let alone when a person stands up and starts putting their life jacket…

R -Revealing yourself in a notebook

This is a post on journaling. Girls starts very young to write in journals. It's part of the initiation of becoming a teenager. Usually your mother or an aunt will give you your first diary that you can lock with a key. In it, you write what you consider your most secret thoughts. I kept…

Q – Question it in notebooks

When I find a new character I do an interview with them. Asking for their intentions, beliefs and desires. Then, when I built the story around them, I question their motives. I use coloured pens. 🙂 Doing that allows me to find new ideas and get clear on the plot has I go along. I…