Why not follow your dreams? Let’s take an example from every workshop you have ever taken. You start your list of pros and cons. I’ll start mine. First thoughts count twice as much as those that you’ve edited, tossed, put back somewhere else on the list and tossed again. Images improve the quality of...
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Some days we can jump the rapids
At first I was wondering if amniotic fluid was like the ocean. But the day’s journey began thinking about the color salmon; whether it works on the walls of your home or not. I remembered hearing about a paint called “dead salmon.” Clever name. Cynicism comes to your local paint and hardware store. It...
Self-esteem
Sometimes the politics of a job will really beat you up. It is not the best form of aerobic exercise although, since it could be hard enough on you, I certainly think it should at least count as such. If you have a lot of people to please on a particular job that is...
Talking, squawking and balking
I’ve experienced a wide spectrum of writing experiences over the years. Many writers will like to talk about writing with their friends and peers because they’re speaking to those that understand the road traveled. There is a lot of joy in sharing a common experience. That is true for so many of us and...
Heavy cream
Heavy cream – by freda karpf from Conversations with Nic I’ve been having those kind of thoughts that keep rising to the surface. I call them heavy cream thoughts. They’re the sort of philosophic meanderings that rise to the surface while driving to the supermarket. Apart from being stuck in traffic or...
Begin the begin
It’s still spring and still difficult to know it as such. The good thing about today though is that it’s that kind of rainy day not yet raining day, and Sunday to boot, that allows one the luxury to stay inside and enjoy the comfort that these days can bring. I am listening to...
Emerging songs
Been reading about Elinor Ostrom, the first woman to win the Nobel in the category of Economic Sciences. Her work is inspirational and hopeful. It’s based upon the idea of cooperation. Imagine that. She has a book coming out soon called Working Together. It’s the stuff that dreams are made of. I read an...
Friends and affirmations
When you’re having a dark night of the soul, and it’s lasting all day long, you have to reach out to speak to your friends. If you just ask yourself what your friend would tell you you’d be on the way to being all right. It’s sort of like bread crumbs, that is, the...
Follow the money
Here’s the deal. I’m trying to be positive and hopeful for the wetlands, the life and all the people and systems in place that make the Louisiana Gulf Coast so beautiful. I know that lives will be changed there for a long time. Livelihoods lost. I’m hoping new ones are found. The wetlands, now...
Everyone is here
Recently I was part of a group of people that had an opportunity to write about their wildest dreams for the world. Imagine taking a few minutes each day to make this a part of your life. Or if everyone did. One wildest dream that came up for me was peace and love among all...
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