My Word of the Week: Beginner

My Word of the Week: Beginner

by | Jul 26, 2016 | Blog, My Word of the Week

On Saturday, I finally took the growing collection of bags and boxes to Goodwill, reorganized the things we planned to keep, and cleared a space where I could set up a card table and chair as a work station for myself. Then, I pulled out my mom’s old sewing machine — the one she gave me last fall and had been ignoring since — and set to work learning to sew.

My Word of the Week: Nothing

My Word of the Week: Nothing

by | Jun 28, 2016 | Blog, My Word of the Week

I begin with now: looking out the window, I see the sun shining like a spotlight between the trees and houses in our neighborhood. The brightness focuses on the middle of the back lawn — our postage stamp yard that takes less than 10 minutes to mow. It’s focused on nothing in particular, …

Creativity Just Because

Creativity Just Because

by | May 9, 2016 | Blog, Writing

In a recent essay for The New Yorker, Carrie Battan writes about Julie Cameron’s The Artist’s Way and whether or not it’s still relevant in an age when corporate America has co-opted the word “creative” and turned it into a commodity.