Just write

Inspired by the concept of “Morning Pages” from Julia Cameron’s “The Artist’s Way” (see my previous post for details), I’ve been working on developing a daily writing habit – three pages, longhand, no holds barred. Just write. [click to continue…]

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The Artist’s Way

Throughout the years I’ve known of several friends who have worked through The Artist’s Way (by Julia Cameron), a twelve-week program which [click to continue…]

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Party Planning

A few small reminders to a perfectionist self when feeling anxious about the impending arrival of friends who have never before visited your house but are coming by tonight: [click to continue…]

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Tap tap tap… is this thing on?

After ongoing nagging spasms of guilt over NOT writing, characterized by agonies over what on earth I should DO (beyond “just write!”) to get back in the groove of creativity, and culminating in an inspiration-seeking [click to continue…]

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Photo A Day Challenge – February 2013, Week 2

This month I’m participating in the February photo a day challenge. I’m sharing my photos daily on Instagram, Twitter, and Flickr, and weekly here on Alphabet Salad. (Clicking on any of the photos below will take you [click to continue…]

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Sunday Summary – Life in a Flurry Edition

Happy February! At the risk of sounding trite, I seriously can’t believe we’re already into the second month of 2013. Life is certainly flying by!
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After four months of very interesting times (“May you live in interesting times” – isn’t that supposed to be a curse?!), I do believe we can see a tiny pinprick of light winking at us from the end of the tunnel. [click to continue…]

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Sunday Summary – Pulled in All Directions Edition

I am exhausted!

This past week has been a flurry of work (at my main part-time job), book club, Italian class, dinner and project [click to continue…]

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Sunday Summary – Life Got Busy Edition

I mulled over some ideas, I drafted a couple of posts, I had the best of intentions… I promise! But transitioning from a blissful two-week holiday break and plenty of time to myself to the busy-ness of my regular schedule proved [click to continue…]

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Sunday Summary – New Tradition Edition

The new year has arrived, and with it a slightly tweaked Alphabet Salad “Sunday Summary” blogging tradition. In addition to posting my Photo A Day Challenge pictures (as I’ve been doing each week for the past [click to continue…]

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