We are in the peak of busy season for my job, so it has been difficult to write creatively in my free time. However, I am excited to share that a personal narrative I wrote in the spring and submitted to a podcast was accepted and just aired this week! The Habit Podcast (Conversations with [...]
Tag: creativity
I’m Not Creative: Analyzing Myself as a Writer
A few years ago, my workplace gave me a comprehensive assessment (the Pro-D assessment) based on nine key career values. The assessment ranks the career values against themselves in three areas, mission, competency, and style. I found it extremely accurate and insightful! Recently, I revisited the assessment results, but with my writing work in mind. [...]
Playful Freehand Embroidery
As I've mentioned, this summer was probably the busiest summer season I've ever had. Because of this, I was not able to work on as many creative projects as I usually would. However, there was one little project I had been thinking about for a while. A year or so ago, my brother gave me [...]
When the Work is Set Back
There are days that try a gardener's patience. I've spent several weeks caring for a sunflower seedling (the only one to sprout from the seeds which had matured enough from the sunflower last year). I had the seedling covered with a little wire cage, then a bigger one, then a net as it grew to [...]
Creating Value for Economic Good
I like to have a print magazine to flip through at the breakfast table. Recently, I've been enjoying the Common Good magazine. I was really interested in an article on 102 Ideas for a Flourishing Economy so I thought I would share some of my musings. One principle shared in the article was "real economic [...]
Put Off Until Tomorrow What You Can Do Tomorrow
Yesterday, I was really looking forward to a day free of obligations so I could write and do some gardening. I decided to do my weekly house cleaning quickly so it would be out of the way and I could better focus on writing. Then if the clouds broke, I would go into the garden [...]
Enjoying the Art Room
The light filters in through two square 9-pane windows, north facing, capturing the longest light of the day. There is another larger window on the east wall, which brought in the morning light at an earlier hour. The lace curtains leave dappled patterns on the vintage rug worked with pink, peach, and blue flowers. The [...]
Does Education Kill or Cultivate Creativity?
"I think there is value, interest, and beauty in learning about things that don't have much to do with me."Daniel T. Willingham Why Don't Students Like School? I recently read a “must read” poem about a boy going to school for the first time and getting his crayons out to draw. Even though he is [...]
Creative Gifting
It was a special day and Mooch wanted to give his best friend, Earl, a gift. But what to get him?-Patrick McDonnell, The Gift of Nothing Birthdays are the best...unless you're quarantined. I love a good party and a good surprise. I love celebrating with friends, I love choosing the perfect gift and seeing someone's [...]
Welcome To The Carriage House 