IMPORTANT UPDATE
As of April 2024, my blog has moved over to Substack where I’m co-hosting A Tender Space (together with my business partner at Centre for Holding Space). You can find my new writing plus podcast episodes there, or sign up below to get them in your inbox.
Here’s some of my earlier writing…
Embracing my inner art-lovin’ peace-lovin’ hippie
It's been a full and exhausting week, but oh the good things that have come in the midst of all this craziness! To cap off the goodness, I won the bid on this AMAZING bag from Joyce, and now I can truly embrace the peace-lovin' hippie in me! How perfect is it...
I hardly know what to say (but that never stopped me before)
I am just bursting with good energy today. BURSTING! I want to write a post and tell you all about it, but I’m having a hard time putting into words what has happened this week. I keep starting and stopping, typing and then deleting. I think I need to stew over this...
A (virtual) party and a request…
December 15th will mark a big day around here for the Fumbling for Words blog. It will this blog's 5th anniversary AND if all goes as planned, it will also be my 1000th post! That’s a lot of reasons to celebrate, so I’m cooking up some goodies to share (yes,...
Art (almost) every day
Well, Art Every Day Month is over in just a few hours. I wasn't fully successful at creating art every day - life got in the way a few too many times - but I made an effort, and that's good enough for me. This afternoon, I showed a friend the "Strength of her...
This is the beginning
Today marks another beginning. I have a new employee starting today. It's the first of the three we hired recently - the other two will start in the new year.It's a new beginning because it marks a new chapter in my journey as an evolving leader. I've been a...
Some things that make me smile
Watching my youngest daughter fall in love with reading...Baking mountains of Christmas goodies with my mom, sister, daughters, and niece... Meeting my friend Eveline's first granddaughter...
Shaped by the Shadows
I’ve been thinking a lot about shadows lately. Last weekend when I was painting hands and faces, it occurred to me that most of my energy was spent trying to get the shadows right. Without the shadows on a painting or photograph, the hands and face have no...
The War of Art – words of wisdom from Steven Pressfield
"Remember our rule of thumb: The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it." - Steven Pressfield, The War of ArtIt's a pretty good sign that you've got a great book in your hands when you can't stand reading it without a...
Flat Madeline goes to Rome
Maddie has been quite taken with the Flat Stanley books of late. (For those unfamiliar with them, Flat Stanley is a young boy who gets flattened when a bulletin board falls on him. Being a flat boy has its advantages - he gets to travel the world in envelopes.)...
The strength of her hands
I like strong hands, especially on a woman. I'm not one for dainty, perfectly manicured hands. Give me strong work-worn hands with a firm grip over pale wimpy ones any day.When I was traveling in India and Bangladesh last year, I often found myself captivated by...
Shawnigan Lake, B.C.
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