Category: Creativity

Published on October 01, 2019

Vital

Slow muscles. Vital. Tiny muscles. Vital. Talking to you. Vital. In a new way. Vital. Finding the way. Vital. Finding the words. Vital. This way, a different way. Vital. From the heart. Vital. From the […]

Creativity
Poetry
Writing

Published on September 16, 2019

“Minding Mama” – a performance piece

What if I didn’t have to worry about what people would say about this new piece, “Minding Mama“?  What if I didn’t concern myself with judgement about being a good daughter, a loving daughter?  What if I […]

Aging
Creativity
Revelations
Writing

Published on June 07, 2019

Stepping Into the River

Widows Anonymous opens tomorrow, June 8.  Today is finalizing all the details: printing the program, getting my costume ready, deciding on my makeup, and choosing which talisman I will take with me.  I’m planning one more rehearsal […]

Creativity
Theater
Widows Anonymous
Writing

Published on May 29, 2019

One Foot Out the Door (or) Life + Art = Healing

At the beginning of each rehearsal, we start with a warm up, physical and vocal.  This is the time to shift the focus to the present, prepare the voice and body for what awaits, and leave […]

Creativity
Theater
Widows Anonymous

Published on January 23, 2019

Making Space for New

I confess I got sucked into the trend that was Marie Kondo’s book on decluttering,  “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing.” Interestingly enough, I didn’t start listening to […]

Creativity
Grief
Transformation

Published on January 12, 2019

Clearing, De-Cluttering … Claiming, in a New Year

At the beginning of this new year, I am in the throes of cleaning / purging / clearing.  It feels a bit like an obsession.  As Lady Macbeth would say, “Out, damn’d spot! out, I […]

Creativity
Grief
Revelations

Published on November 26, 2018

She Rises ….

There is a saying I once heard, we overestimate what we can do in a day and underestimate what we can do in a year.  After losing Mike last year, I’d never have believed I’d […]

Creativity
Garden Journal
Revelations
Transformation
Writing

Published on May 17, 2018

Surrender to the Shadowlands

It is gray here. Even as the sun sparkles on the bright blue ocean, there is little impulse other than to sleep or escape into a novel for hours on end.  I eat too much, […]

Creativity
Dance
Grief
Revelations
Transformation

Published on April 23, 2018

Sometimes Our Six-Year-Old Knows Best

Relax. Breathe. Focus. These were the words my friend whispered over and over as I precariously made my way across the slack line for the first time. He whispered them again the second time, as I […]

Creativity
Grief
Revelations

Published on March 28, 2018

Passing the Torch

Classic Cozy Craftsman, 5 Blocks to Beach. This week I open my home up as an Air BnB.  The idea came to me when my daughter told me she would be leaving for Colorado.  This […]

Creativity
Grief
Revelations