Category Archives: the end is the beginning

Make Your Maps as You Go

How to Discover Your Own New Worlds Step 1: Lose the Way The first step . . . shall be to lose the way.– Galway Kinnell It’s important to forget what you are doing–then a work of art may happen. … Continue reading

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An Inspired Life is Hard On the Nerves

Each moment is a place you’ve never been– Mark Strand (an idea taken from a conversation with a friend about a difficult situation that made us both stronger) It is difficult to get through an inspired life without making messes … Continue reading

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Year in Review: December 2010

I What Happened, What I Wrote, And What I Read December 7 Journal Entry: Every day is packed full. Now the wind starts. Yesterday evening I was so tired and negative, all was black and bleak. Tonight I am feeling … Continue reading

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Year in Review: July 2010

A Month of Transition: July Journal July 2 All is coming apart or together depending on how things fall in or out. Probably somewhere in the middle. I am now bouncing between despair and optimism, panic and relief. Life either … Continue reading

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Vague and Plausible Resolutions

I have decided this year to have resolutions that are goals that guide my day to day living. It just seems to be the only useful way of resolving anything for a whole year in years that seem to be … Continue reading

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