Start a list. Write ‘choose pages to read’ at the top. Remind yourself they are to be read out loud, not in your head. Shave your legs. Glance at your list but decide you should choose your outfit instead. Create an online vote for which dress to wear. (White is in the lead!) Start…
Tag: Joy Again
Special Workshop Opportunity
I am so excited to be collaborating with two creative and talented artists to host this special event! Renew & Reveal Creativity Workshop Reconnect and relax into a day of creativity! Set aside a day to rejuvenate the parts of you that often get neglected in the busyness of life. Join with others to stimulate…
May I ask you a favor?
May I ask you a favor? If you have read my novel Joy Again, would you be wiling to write a review on Amazon or Goodreads? Thank you 🙂 Also, my brother in law, Uncle Donnie made a wonderful video of my reading for Joy Again at the Lawrence Public Library. I hope your final May…
Wasabi, roses, books and great dirt.
Last Thursday I realized a moment too late that I was driving straight past my exit off of I-70 coming back from Topeka. I thought it was the second exit that puts you out on to Iowa Street when I realized that it was indeed the East Lawrence exit, my exit – the exit I have turned…
I say Pecha, you say Kucha…
What an honor and a pleasure to be part of the Artist INC Lawrence community with a group of such richly talented artists. Our final class culminated in each of us giving a presentation (called a Pecha Kucha) on stage of the Lawrence Arts Center. It is a format used to prevent blathering on about…
Inspired
When I think of being in an inspiring environment I think of water. The kind of water that goes as far as eye can see, as though it will never meet solid ground. The kind of water that doesn’t exist in the native prairies of my Kansas homeland. The kind of water that clearly exerts…
It’s Not Boring
Four years ago I pulled out one of my favorite quotes from Ruth Reichl when posting about upcoming changes at our former restaurant Esquina. I find I am drawn to it again… “Moderation in all things is a mantra we’ve been hearing a lot about of late. It is healthy. It is sane. It is…