One of the amazing luxuries about my new rhythm this year is the time to once again read. While the ability to finish a page, let alone a chapter, has been elusive to me over the past 5 years, I none-the-less kept purchasing books. (Well, just because I couldn't read them, didn't mean I didn't … Continue reading books that open me up
know thyself
Between the ages of twenty and forty we are engaged in the process of discovering who we are, which involves learning the difference between accidental limitations which it is our duty to outgrow and the necessary limitations of our nature beyond which we cannot trespass with impunity. I love the quote above from W … Continue reading know thyself
niche
On the silent retreat, I got some time and space to write poetry, which I haven't done in a while and also time to rework some works in progress. Here is a piece from that weekend: “I just want to find my niche” said she as she tried that spot down by the sea with … Continue reading niche
editing
I don't know about you, but I have an internal dialogue that travels everywhere with me, and it sifts through every conversation and every interaction I have with people. It is usually petty, and pedantic, and negative, and so I often get caught up in "when she said red looks good on me, was she … Continue reading editing
the weight of good things
I am feeling the weight at the moment. Not the weight of worry, or the weight of despair, but the weight of good things. The weight of so many really good books, piling up on my bedside table that I have started reading and not yet finished. The weight of the myriad of great creative links … Continue reading the weight of good things
default setting
What is your default setting? When everything around you falls apart, what do you instinctively do, where do you retreat to? I am an organiser. I love my lists. I love my plans, and I absolutely could not live without my diary. I love knowing what is going to happen, and when. Now you may think … Continue reading default setting