My favourite quote EVER about the 'need' to be a writer: "Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write; find out whether it is spreading out its roots in the deepest places of your heart, acknowledge to yourself whether you would have to die if it were denied you write. This above… Continue reading Must I write?

Last December I admitted to the world wide web that one of my end-of-the-year traditions is to write Mitch Albom a letter. Mitch read my blog post revealing this tradition I've been steadfastly committed to for close to twenty years. (GULP - yep. I was 15 years old when I wrote my first letter!) This… Continue reading Letter-Writing Time Again – You Ready Mitch Albom?

I spent about three hours designing a booklet (8 pages) about what I offer as a guest speaker. I used a template that was in Microsoft Word. I added my own photos, moved a few things around, and did a quick edit. Then it was sent to the printers. I had 25 copies printed out… Continue reading Guest Speaking – How do you tell ’em what you can do?

Long weekend equals tackle the storage room. At least, that's what it equalled for me. Sure we had a bojillion other things to do this weekend, but I had to use  some of the time to deal with this: This is one half of our storage room. As you can see, there is a lovely… Continue reading Before & After – The goodness in purging