Want something to read? Of course you do!
Join me today at the Writer’s Retreat Blog for “Ways of Seeing.” Then, over at LGBT Fantasy Fans and Writers, I have “Training the Eye.” I’m in an artistic mood today.
Enjoy!
Wait, It’s Monday Again?
Wait, It’s Monday Again?
Dance, Dance, Dance
I am both excited and nervous. I decided to sign up for the basic belly dance class at Arabesque in Chicago and am going for the first time today. I’m sitting here, drinking coffee, totally nervous.
Does that ever happen to you? Are there things you’d like to try this year that are scary to you? Take heart. Trust that this is the year, now is the time.
After all, it’s always easier to give advice than receive it. ~grin~
Dance, Dance, Dance
I am both excited and nervous. I decided to sign up for the basic belly dance class at Arabesque in Chicago and am going for the first time today. I’m sitting here, drinking coffee, totally nervous.
Does that ever happen to you? Are there things you’d like to try this year that are scary to you? Take heart. Trust that this is the year, now is the time.
After all, it’s always easier to give advice than receive it. ~grin~
Remains of the Day
Do you have a day set aside each week for creative endeavors? Why not start one? What might you do?
- Take a class in a new-to-you craft
- Join a group on Meetup or at a local community center
- Gather with friends for potluck and craft share
If your mind goes blank, try taking a blank journal page and number down the left from 1 to 5. List five things you’d like to try but don’t have the time to do. Write quickly and off the top of your head. Then list five things you used to do, maybe when you were a kid, that were fun. List five things you’d try if you were more creative.
Now take a look at your list. Pick one thing and set a date next week with yourself to spend one hour doing that thing. If it’s to take a class, spend your time researching possible class venues. If you’re interested in a particular craft, don’t over look the Craftsy website; their prices are reasonable and they have online videos of all sorts of classes available.
If you’re in the Chicago area, come join me tonight at my weekly weaving class at the Chicago Weaving School. It’s a lot of fun, relaxing, and you don’t have to know anything when you start except how to get yourself to the weaving school – and it’s right on the Irving Park bus line, not far from the Blue Line train, AND there’s parking. What do you have to lose?
Remains of the Day
Do you have a day set aside each week for creative endeavors? Why not start one? What might you do?
- Take a class in a new-to-you craft
- Join a group on Meetup or at a local community center
- Gather with friends for potluck and craft share
If your mind goes blank, try taking a blank journal page and number down the left from 1 to 5. List five things you’d like to try but don’t have the time to do. Write quickly and off the top of your head. Then list five things you used to do, maybe when you were a kid, that were fun. List five things you’d try if you were more creative.
Now take a look at your list. Pick one thing and set a date next week with yourself to spend one hour doing that thing. If it’s to take a class, spend your time researching possible class venues. If you’re interested in a particular craft, don’t over look the Craftsy website; their prices are reasonable and they have online videos of all sorts of classes available.
If you’re in the Chicago area, come join me tonight at my weekly weaving class at the Chicago Weaving School. It’s a lot of fun, relaxing, and you don’t have to know anything when you start except how to get yourself to the weaving school – and it’s right on the Irving Park bus line, not far from the Blue Line train, AND there’s parking. What do you have to lose?
The Fantasy of the Future
The guilty pleasures of today are much different than those of Victorian times, which are different from those of Elizabethan times and so on. What do you think the guilty pleasures of the future will look like?
Join me at author Mychael Black’s blog today and share your thoughts. I’d love to know!
The Fantasy of the Future
The guilty pleasures of today are much different than those of Victorian times, which are different from those of Elizabethan times and so on. What do you think the guilty pleasures of the future will look like?
Join me at author Mychael Black’s blog today and share your thoughts. I’d love to know!
Tuesdays Are For Visiting!
I have not one but TWO posts for TWOSDAY!
(Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
Moving right along then…
I’m over at the Noon and Wilder blog today for Tasty Tuesday! Come find out about my extra super special Apple Pie Oatmeal!
Secondly, I’m over at the Torquere Press Blog, Romance for the Rest of Us, talking about New Beginnings. Join me!