So we're into the third week of January. Time is flying faster than a peregrin falcon. I've been doing well with my new schedule and daily planning. I've been getting up early Monday to Friday and meditating, praying and stretching. I feed the dogs, make my lunch, take my time getting dressed. Mornings are slow… Continue reading New Schedule Update
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(No)Tivation – On Mustering
Where has my motivation gone? It's silly, really. I've always been a highly-motivated human. I think I was born motivated - to grow, to learn, to do, do, do. And to do with passion, integrity and...gusto. Then...it was just GONE. I know that ageing is playing a major role. One of the symptoms of peri-menopause… Continue reading (No)Tivation – On Mustering
Poem 276 – Target & Teacher & Telling PLUS Gertrude’s October Offerings
Target & Teacher & Telling without fail, fifteen minutes into every exercise I doI enter the stationary section in Windsor’s old Targetthe journals the notecards the stickers the cheeky literary books –cradle my bouncing heart like a library made just for merows of wooden shelves filled with & paper all saying the same thing:keep goingthen… Continue reading Poem 276 – Target & Teacher & Telling PLUS Gertrude’s October Offerings
Poem 197 – High Intensity Resistance Writing
High Intensity Resistance WritingFor Paul Resistance is a fierce ability every writer cultivatesIt is a practice for flexing creative muscles that shouldbe honed every day for at least twenty minutes The higher the intensity resistancethe higher the creative outputWriters need six-to-eight cups of curiosity a dayto keep confidence hydrated Stretching fingers and forearmstwisting spines and… Continue reading Poem 197 – High Intensity Resistance Writing
VANESSA SHIELDS 