Gina Greenlee, Author
Must You Write? Dig Deep Into Yourself for the Answer.
German-language poet Rainer Maria Rilke tells us: “This most of all: ask yourself in the most silent hour of your night: must I write?...
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Gina Greenlee, Author
- May 10, 2021
- 1 min
The Art of (Collage) Stripping
Creating junk mail art is a great visual art practice if you don’t already have one. It’s the perfect art material. We were going to...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- May 3, 2021
- 4 min
PLAY!
No Alarms, Doodling and You at Age 3 Ever notice how kids play? When they make up stories they roll from one idea to the next. Mikey...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Apr 25, 2021
- 1 min
Power Recipe #3: “Get the Money Up Front…”
“Get the money up front. If they ain’t payin’ your rent, pay them no mind. Play with all the colors in the crayon box. Don’t take life...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Apr 18, 2021
- 1 min
Fun with Free Magazines
Very old ones donated to the library. I read ‘em then play with the images.
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Apr 10, 2021
- 0 min
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Apr 3, 2021
- 3 min
Overfunctioning Recovery: Lessons from Playing Diner Dash
Seven years ago I discovered the video game Diner Dash. One night I played four hours. I was enjoying myself, racking up points and...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Mar 28, 2021
- 1 min
Whoa, steady girl…
This plot twist has me woozy… Go ’head. Get Your Read On. AVAILABLE NOW ON AMAZON
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Mar 21, 2021
- 4 min
A Dating Story: Sunk Cost Bias
Early in my 15 years of living in Connecticut I knew no one, and sought companionship and boredom-free living through personal ad dating....
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Mar 14, 2021
- 1 min
I told him, “Look…
… you stayed out with your boys last night. Tonight? I’m about my book.” ◊ ◊ ◊ Go ’head. Get Your Read On. Available now on Amazon
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Mar 8, 2021
- 4 min
Did Your Family Throw Plates?
The headline comes from journalist Warren Berger’s The Book of Beautiful Questions. The question is intended to find out about conflict...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Feb 28, 2021
- 1 min
Power Recipe #2: Platanos Maduros con Zhoug
Ingredients: 1 pound bag of these (frozen): A tub of this: “Zhoug (pronounced ZhOOg) is a cilantro-based sauce/condiment I introduced in...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Feb 22, 2021
- 1 min
Art is what happens…
For nearly 40 years I tried to be something I wasn’t. I had the houses, the vacations, the cute boyfriends, the high-paying corporate...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Feb 14, 2021
- 10 min
Reimagining a False Life
In April 2000 when I embarked on my solo trip around the world, I didn’t arrange to return to my corporate job at the trip’s conclusion...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Feb 7, 2021
- 1 min
Channeling 1960s London Style
Vest: $2.99 Cut velvet tunic: $4.99 Striped stretch bell bottoms $4.99 Faux suede slip-ons $7.99 And, supports a good cause.
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
Hope is Not a Strategy. Climb.
I’ve read Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by journalist Piers Paul Read four times. 1974 (first read) The year it was published I...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Jan 23, 2021
- 1 min
Everything I’m wearing? Sal’s Army.
From neck to toe. That’s $25, ya’ll. Yes, the shoes and belt, too. When my father died in 2004, the Salvation Army was a tremendous...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Jan 19, 2021
- 2 min
Can You See Me Now?
I’ve been riding motorbikes since age 14. Now that I live in Florida I ride full time. People are always asking me, “You only have the...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Jan 10, 2021
- 1 min
What Have You Done Today to Make You Feel Proud?
Every day for two years, I listened to the song Proud, the 2001 worldwide hit by Heather Small and M People. When Heather sang the lyric,...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Jan 4, 2021
- 1 min
Another Year
Another year has come and gone miraculous the speed. The voices told me as a child to “Sow desire’s seed.” I answered, “Yes” but planted...
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