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- Jun 13, 2021
- 0 min


Gina Greenlee, Author
- Jun 6, 2021
- 1 min
When the Door Opens
The moment you accept what troubles you’ve been given, the door will open. Rumi


Gina Greenlee, Author
- May 30, 2021
- 1 min
“Art is the means we have of undoing the damage of haste. It’s what everything else isn’t.”
― THEODORE ROETHKE It’s Not too Late or too Silly to Indulge Your Creativity Steampunk Chicken: Opening the Mind with Surrealist Art “The...


Gina Greenlee, Author
- May 23, 2021
- 3 min
Lynda Barry Daily Image Journal
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...


Gina Greenlee, Author
- May 16, 2021
- 1 min
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?...


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.