Posted in art, friends, writing on Aug 26th, 2007 5 Comments »
Today, I opened my Somerset Home magazine, and opened to the Welcome Home section, which quotes Oprah, “I think that when we invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.”
This is a fitting quote on so many levels. I think of my girl friends who’ve had tumultous lives and they remember the houses [...]
Posted in art, friends, writing on Aug 19th, 2007 2 Comments »
No art this weekend, but I’m planning. Over the years, I’ve learned I’m a pre-writer, pre-painter, pre-scrapbooker, all in my head. As teacher of writing, I teach kids how to pre-write on paper, draft, revise, edit–all on paper, which is always difficult for me because I do it in my head. For years, I’d write [...]
Posted in friends on Aug 17th, 2007 7 Comments »
There are so many events that shape who we are. Taking my son to college this last week was one of them. It’s the hardest thing I’ve done. Leaving him at campus, walking into an empty house, where all his things once sat–or were thrown, tossed–were so hard. I can’t even explain. A friend said, [...]
Posted in art, blogging: a process, friends on Aug 10th, 2007 2 Comments »
I strongly believe things happen for a reason. I think we have control of our destinies in some ways; we are given the tools of reflection and thinking that allow us to make decisions, learn from our mistakes and make better decisions the next time around. Those things that happen for a reason, though, go [...]
