paying attention and picking up the pieces
Chapter two of The Artist’s Way is titled Recovering a Sense of Identity. Other than covering the topic of the crazy makers who thwart our creating the artistic life, the chapter speaks to the idea of...
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My youngest daughter passed her driver’s license test today and this afternoon she left on her first solo drive to work. Another one down, two more to go. Actually my second youngest son took his test...
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when life gets overwhelming, I go to my nest. I surround myself with all the pillows on my bed, even covering my head with one, and allow myself to be snuggled in. This is an emotional retreat. Lately,...
View Articlein the blink of an eye
in the blink of an eye, you know with complete clarity and understanding what is important: when you look down at your phone and see two missed phone calls from your daughter, your newly licensed...
View Articlewhat I am working on
\ Listening/Reading/Watching \ Last Fall, I and a million other listeners were captivated by Serial, a podcast that’s first season focused on the case of Adnan Syed, who was convicted and sentenced to...
View Articlei won’t back down
Can’t get this song out of my head tonight. As I am not a huge Tom Petty fan, I like this version so much better. I am feeling especially fierce tonight. I won’t back down. Now let it be known, that it...
View ArticleTake it Slow
This little lady visited with me tonight. Since we brought Desmond, our big dog, into the house, she has been making herself scarce. I miss her presence, her comforting way of being with me. Tonight,...
View ArticleI Burned a Book Today
I burned a book today. A sacred book. A book that everyone says you need to read … especially if you are an artist. Yeah. That book. I began this year on a quest to purge other voices from my mind....
View ArticleLove, Cynthia : May 2015
Happy Friday Morning! On the 27th of each month, I send out an e-letter, a newsy, chatty letter from me to you. I have decided to share that here on the blog each month as well. It’s another means of...
View ArticleA Reliquary of Bones
If you have made your way here from my site, Spirit Uncaged, welcome. What you will find here is a boneyard, a remembrance, a reliquary. This is where I have come from. I began blogging in 2004 with a...
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