Category Archives: the creative process

August Postcard Poetry Fest 2015

I have to say I’ve been one for sitting down in the evening and dashing off a poem or two, whether for postcards or not. The past week or so I’ve been trying something new, to think of a possible … Continue reading →

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After Work Work – Finding Beauty

Flowers in my yard, in the late evening light, after a rain. Continue reading →

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That Ah Ha Moment

I think my “Summer with Vincent” has paid off in one of life’s big Ah HA! moments and I am grateful, very grateful for that. Going off now to start making that ah HA moment a reality.

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Doing, Done, No Try

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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What else is going on?

First two days of a work “lunch challenge” encouraging people to bring lunch from home. Today is the anniversary of Vincent van Gogh‘s death, by suicide at age 37. Despite a widespread tendency to romanticize his ill health, modern critics … Continue reading →

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