Essentials for an amazing life

Have I told you that I live in a gated community?

I do.

It’s something I never thought I’d say since I love neighborhoods with big trees that run parallel to city streets—the kind of street with a l...

I want to talk about writing today.

Or technically, about not writing.

Specifically I’m talking to you novelists, screenplay writers, poets, and short story writers out there.

Hi babes.

I’ve heard...

So, you’re an artist, right?

Maybe you take photos, you play music, you love watercolors, or you write.

You love to DJ or salsa dance or bake or quilt or arrange flowers.

Maybe you don’t call yours...

I’ve been learning over the past 18 months that I have an inordinate number of writers, aspiring writers, and closeted writers who follow me.

Hello kindred! Today’s post is for YOU.

I was talking wi...

Have you ever met someone whose eyes just SHONE with delight at their life?

Maybe their work was physically strenuous and demanding, like farming…

Or took long hours and attention to detail, like wo...

A few weeks ago, I was talking to one of my coaching clients about her week.

She mentioned that she’d started taking baths because they had become an inspiration portal for her work.

I immediately s...

Oh, thank heavens it’s 2021.

I don’t care what anyone says about it being “just another day”. 

I believe that whatever you give meaning to, has meaning.

A new year FEELS good to me because I LOVE a clean...

Oh, y’all.

This past week has been so tough for those of us in Oregon.

Climate fires started two Mondays ago and then had so many people evacuating or on standby to evacuate.

Those of us farther aw...

I am participating in the #AmplifyMelinatedVoices Challenge happening June 1st through June 7th.

To keep in lockstep with the challenge, the only thing you'll be hearing from me today is the Black pe...

Well heck.

What day is it?

I've succeeded at making it through to 6:45 pm, but I couldn't tell you what I've done in the past twelve hours since I crawled out of bed.

I'm pretty sure there were two...