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Library books… help, thanks, wow
Last summer there was a giant book sale at my local library. I went thrice. Each time, I was given a sturdy file box with a lid and instructed to fill it as much or as little as I wanted. Same price...
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The 5 stages of emotion when forgetting your purse on a road trip in a snowstorm
Based on the title, we already know what happened. I was heading to Big City Big Lights, a two-hour drive away, to do a few corrections for the audiobook version of Dear Paris. I was nervous because I...
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You’re tired and it’s okay
You’re tired and it’s okay. You watch too much TV. You’ve switched out fruits and veg with chips and cookies. You’re not sleeping. You’re sleeping too much. The simplest tasks are falling behind....
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Emotionally, this is one of the trickiest part of the pandemic
We’re getting near the end of the pandemic. The vaccines are being approved and distributed. One two three! The new case numbers appear to be on a downward trajectory. And I think many of us have...
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Captivating Captions
This week in my ecourse, A Writing Year, we are writing photo captions. What a missed opportunity this has been since cameras were invented! I have a friend who writes the wackiest photo captions on...
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Hobbies: Knowing when to walk away, knowing when to run
I love gardening. I am not a good gardener. I start seeds that turn into seedlings… that die. I buy seedlings that I plant… that die. I water too much. I don’t water enough. And my tomatoes know it....
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Top 10 Oscar Wilde Quotes
Why do I love Oscar Wilde? First, he was a great writer. Second, he loved saying sensational things. Humble wasn’t his game. Why be humble when you can be great? 1. “I have nothing to declare except...
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The art of journaling (it’s not all about writing)
Lately I’ve been sensing that there was another ecourse hovering in my general head space. But what? I asked around. People offered up suggestions. But my general languishing left me lackadaisical...
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Journaling, magic and success
I’m lucky to be in a position to be asked advice on things. Mostly Paris and creativity. These are things I know. May is the beginning of tourist season in Paris. Usually I start getting emails about...
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Paris Cafés are open today
This is a big day in Paris. The cafés are open again. The photo above was taken before all this pandemic business happened, so we are all crammed in, no masks, breathing. Happy days! On this...
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When broken things break you
You probably haven’t noticed. I’ve gone to great lengths to hide the fact. The world feels so broken right now that my wee little problems seem insignificant. It’s a long, lovely, broken love story....
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The tale of two typewriters
So I’m fulfilling letter orders over in the shop, as usual. In one order, the customer states “If it’s not blank on the back of the letter, I don’t want it.” Curious, I inquired further. Harley tells...
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Typewriter Letter Subcriptions are happening
I heard that if you park your car with a typewriter inside, when you return to your car, you’ll find your original typewriter plus two more. That’s kind of how it is. Right now, we have FOUR...
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September and the changing of the season
September friends. “But when fall comes, kicking summer out on its treacherous ass as it always does one day sometime after the midpoint of September, it stays awhile like an old friend that you have...
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Why does rain make us calm?
It’s raining outside. Big drops. Gorgeous sound. Couldn’t be happier. It makes tea taste better, makes lounge wear more comfy, makes the guilt about not GETTING OUT THERE and DOING ALL THE THINGS...
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Old books and old friends
The luck of living in a place where libraries sell off treasures like this! Sure it might look junky to someone. Downright messy. But to me, it is glorious. The local library had a giant book sale. I...
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Behind the scenes of creating an ecourse
Last summer I signed up for an ecourse on making ecourses. I thought it was so funny to tell people “I’m taking an ecourse on making ecourses.” It’s not even that funny now, but I was in the middle of...
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Ordinary trauma is silencing our narrative minds
The narrative mind is that running monologue you have jogging alongside you in daily life. Chatterboxes who are introverts have strong narrative minds. Who said that? Exactly. Those words have to go...
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Correction: It’s really 25% off EVERYTHING
Well this is a bit embarrassing. In my previous email, my subject line said 25% off instead of the actual sale of 20% off. Sorry about that. I’ve been looking around for someone to blame but I’m the...
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Black Friday 50% off ecourse training
There is always that moment in an artist’s life when she thinks one of two things: “Should I make a podcast out of this?” “Should I make an ecourse out of this?” There was a time I wanted to do a...
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