Pause for a Poem: On the Beach with My Daughter
We are collectors on the beach. We walk with our heads bowed to small stones and debris in step our […]
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Daphne du Maurier: Magic & the Shaping of a Writer
In the summer of 1976, by childhood’s magic train, I went from reading L.M. Montgomery’s Anne books to Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca. An old red copy at the cottage called me to pick it up, and when I opened it, the spell took hold…
Pause for a Poem: Nymph
Nymph You taught me swimming all those summers. Began by letting me slide off your back into the murk. Stumbled […]
Ways of Being Free Part 3: Relax and Create
Here is a definition of freedom: You are living authentically, on track, and aligned with your true sense of purpose. […]
On Fiction, Dream Building and Meeting a Role Model
Sandra Gulland certainly touched both the writer and the transformation coach in me. At the 2019 San Miguel Writers’ Conference, […]
The Stranger at the Door
In December of 1938, a young woman returned home from the Plummer Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, gripping her […]
A Person of Increase
The term “person of increase” comes from Wallace Wattles who, at the turn of the 20th century, looked upon abundance […]
Creating Space for New Arrivals
It’s February here in the Northern Hemisphere, and as the mid-winter days grow longer, we are beginning to hear the […]
Carolyn Flower on Gratitude’s Power
As I was preparing to post this week’s new Creative Calls Interview, I came across apt lines by Melodie Beattie: […]