Category: Wandering
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Top Ten Reasons to Switch to my ConfessionsOfACreative Substack Site…
10. I’ll be phasing out this WordPress site. 9. You will continue to receive my essays about Writing, Wandering and Wondering. It’s easy, click here. 8. Subscribers will have free access to THE ART COLONY, my first novel, about a young artist who is struggling to make her way in 1970s Galveston where it is not…
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Ten Things I Love About New York…
I recently took all kinds of chances (in the midst of a shutdown and wonky flight schedules) to put a drop in a virtual bucket list. One of my ongoing fantasies is to live and act like a local in Manhattan for a month or so. You gotta love the energy of a city that…
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N E W…
I have written and thrown out two drafts of this blog. I just wasn’t feeling it. Then I went to my NEW favorite museum, the Kimbell, to watch short documentaries about archeological discoveries in the Arkhaios Film Festival. What a joyous afternoon. While I miss my favorite haunts of Houston, the art of discovery in…
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Wednesday blog can be found here…
Just a reminder that Wednesday blogs now live on substack. Here is the link to this week’s offering.
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Joy…
In honor of Labor Day, here is a repost from a while back. I hope you enjoy… Of all the things you choose to do each day, I hope joy is your companion. Sing while you wash the dishes. Fling flour while baking, then dance when you clean up the mess. May you have opportunities…
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Wednesday Blogs Have Moved…
To all who follow and peek at my blog, please find the Wednesday posts at their new location – Substack. Here is a link to my site, “Confessions of a Creative” where I post midweek. I’ll continue to send inspirational short blogs and quotes on this page Mondays and Fridays. Thanks, especially for reading, sharing…
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Perfection is Overrated…
Perfection is a red juicy apple. Until you bite into it. One holiday season I packed away some wax fruit to make way for holiday decorations. I threw them all in a paper bag to store in the attic and forgot about it until I returned to the attic, months later. I was surprised to…
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Take Heat, Take Heart…
To my northern friends who suffer seasonal jealousy of our temperate southern winters, it’s payback time. Morning walks in Memorial Park are HOT from the get-go with a warm, moist towel of humidity wrapping around you. Returning to a home that has the AC set at a previously uncomfortable high is some relief. I earnestly…