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“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent...

So, turns out that American man of letters Mark Twain did not famously say, “if the first thing you do in the morning is eat a live frog,...

“Get unreasonable and everything’s possible; if you get reasonable you are going to have to lower your standards and drop down to what...

I had planned to be much on the move – going here, going there, doing this, doing that. Then I hit a pothole and my bike (Suzuki 650)...

“In the ballroom at the Airport Sheraton Hotel, a team of men and women sit inside separate booths, curtained off from each other. They...

The moment you accept what troubles you’ve been given, the door will open. Rumi

― THEODORE ROETHKE It’s Not too Late or too Silly to Indulge Your Creativity Steampunk Chicken: Opening the Mind with Surrealist Art “The...

This blog post is an excerpt from my book, The Writer’s Toy Chest. In her book What It Is Lynda calls the Daily Image Journal “noticing...

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?...

Junk mail collage art: Gina Greenlee Creating junk mail art is a great visual art practice if you don’t already have one. It’s the...

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...

“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...

Very old ones donated to the library. I read ‘em then play with the images.

Seven years ago I discovered the video game Diner Dash. One night I played four hours. I was enjoying myself, racking up points and...

This plot twist has me woozy… Go ’head. Get Your Read On. AVAILABLE NOW ON AMAZON

Early in my 15 years of living in Connecticut I knew no one, and sought companionship and boredom-free living through personal ad dating....