Tag: Writing to Heal

  • Distraction

    Distraction

    Wise Fedora Owl reminds me that yep, distraction is my favorite pastime.

  • A Water Experiment

    A Water Experiment

    Most of us don’t drink enough water. It is a simple, basic biological need, and we don’t always fulfill it.

  • Book Review: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

    What I loved about this book as a Fantasy/SF reader is that although labeled as “non-fiction” and “self-help,” it includes a thoroughly researched and fully explored magic system, practice-able in our real world.

  • Plateaued at 5’8″

    Sometimes, Yvette, life is like reading a book. Days, weeks, even years just repeat themselves… until you turn the page. Tallyho,   The Universe theuniverse@tut.com Dear Friends, Family, and Cheerleaders-at-Large, It’s been a while since you’ve heard from me.Sorry about that, but I trust you know why and had too much of your own life going on to…

  • Keeping Time

    Keeping Time

    At the moment I’m a little bit lax about keeping time. I’m home, my pets and husband are with me, and all I have to do is write my book, be a good friend, and become a better writer by writing better, faster, and more words. One thing I love is challenging myself with new…

  • “How are you doing?”

    People say they learn from their animals: how to give and receive unconditional love, live in the moment, enjoy life. Today my talking parrot taught me who I really, REALLY am.

  • 20-20 Theme

    Welcome to 2020! In my continuing effort to share some of my Random Journal Writings with you all, here’s another exercise I did in Write From The Body. It is based on a poem and the prompt, “I am From.” If we don’t look back at how far we’ve come and what makes us who…

  • I feel…

    I feel…

    The prompt was “I feel.” I hope you enjoy my raw and unedited “feels.”

  • Writing to Heal

    Wednesday was the last session of Writing to Heal. I miss it already. Facilitated through Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care of Santa Barbara, the class has given me time and space to look at grief that has been piling up. It is natural that as I age, more and more mentors, family, heroes, friends, and…