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  • Relief

    Since having started posting my work multiple times per week, earlier this year, one of the strongest feelings is a sense of relief.  Sharing my work and this writing weekly, means people know that I enjoy art work now and what my goals are.  It always felt like a hidden…

  • Life’s work

    I watched a TED talk yesterday with Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love.  She discusses people who pursue creative work.  People question those who choose creativity and assume they are going to live a doomed existence.  Contrary to those who pursue academic careers which are more respected.  She had…

  • Advocate

    We had a conversation at work about personality types based on standardized assessments.  We did the 10 minute quiz online and I am an INFJ – or Advocate. Not that I think any standardized test can really give the full picture, but I was surprised at the results.  It was…

  • Progress

    As you know…. If you have been following along (if not read here my first blog post), I submitted a few stories to a couple of competitions.  I told you here about the rejection, BUT in my email this week, I received a couple of reviews on two of my stories…

  • Worth

    Recently, I had a conversation with a girlfriend about kids in high school in relation to what age you learn or decide what kind of friends you want or things you won’t put up with. Oddly enough, at a time that most kids try to fit in or experiment because…