Monkey Mind Hates Creativity!

Today at 12n we’re hosting a virtual Happy Hour. Here on the blog and also on our Facebook Simply Celebrate page. I gotta tell you, Monkey Mind is really trying hard to zap my energy and make me feel small and UN-creative. I figured saying that might be a...

Green (And not the Eco Kind)

This morning I received an email from a girlfriend who had caught wind of the Tour de Word my writer friend Maya Stein is planning. Maya is going on the road — taking a cross-country trip to meet her Ten Line Tuesdayreaders and write/collect ten-line...

Curses Versus Gratitude.

This morning when I was driving my son to school, I was on a busy major street and someone was double-parked, causing me to have to stop and try to merge into the left lane. I had my turn signal on to indicate that I needed to move over, but car after car after car...

Keep on Aging!

Yesterday I had a great talk about the words, “anti-aging” with my friend Mary Ann Bailey. We were laughing over the term, thinking that everyone is so ga-ga over this anti-aging thing — but doesn’t that term really imply NOT aging...

Deliberate stumbling ‘n bumbling.

I’m on a mission to fall/fail. I’ve been noticing lately how much energy I spend trying not to trip, slip, shake, or stumble. I don’t want to look bad. I want to have it all together. I want to be neat and presentable, all wrapped up in a bow. No...