Nov 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
This week and next week, I’m sharing with you some ideas of how to present Love Lists, a unique gift idea that a bunch of us started on The New Black Friday. Artist Jill Lambert is making a one-of-a-kind handpainted Love List book for her daughter, Isabelle....Nov 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
Happy The-New-Black Friday! A couple hundred of us are spending part of the day today cozy at home creating Love Lists as holiday gifts for family and friends. I hope you’ll be joining in! You can download a professionally-designed Love List that you print out,...Nov 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
I recently returned from an amazing experience at a “camp for creative adults” called Life is a Verb Camp, hosted by author Patti Digh. I’ve been wanting to write about my experience, but have felt rather tongue-tied. You know how it is when...Sep 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m turning 50 this week. And over the last couple years, I discovered the secret to having a truly extraordinary birthday: creating pinpricks of light for people. {What’s a pinprick of light? It’s a moment of color, connection, or caring. A bit of...Sep 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m turning 50 in a couple weeks and it’s got me thinking a lot about my life. You know, stuff like, “Am I doing what I feel like I’m here to do?” I try to practice remembering how fleeting life is. How unpredictable. Anything can happen...Aug 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
Yesterday a post went out with a link to my Tiny Book, “How to Survive in the Dark.” I’d pre-scheduled that post a while back because I knew I’d be visiting family and not online much at all while we were together. The Tiny Book was created for...