In November of 2019, my body gave me lots of signs that I needed to pay attention to my health. I had two choices: succumb to fear and the very dark places your mind likes to go or realize...I have no information other than they're running some tests and I need to go on with... Continue Reading →
Finding Ease When Things Get Difficult
Yet, again, I find myself taking a lesson from my yoga mat and applying it to the real world. In yoga, we refer to Sthira/Sukha. How strength and softness can exist simultaneously. You can feel both the hardness of a pose and you can melt into it's difficulty with breath. With softness. With ease. And,... Continue Reading →
Saying Yes to My Goal
I’m happiest when I'm creating. The after part…editing, polishing, perfecting…that’s fun too because I'm making my story come alive for future readers. But, the business side? The blurb…oh goodness the blurb…the social media campaign…the learning of each and every platform… It has taken the wind from my sails and made the publishing of my first... Continue Reading →
How to Choose What to do First?
I've entered a world I know nothing about. It completely brings to life what I learned in yoga teacher training not too long ago. There is so much I don't know. And, although on some days that makes me want to throw my hands up and give up. On most days, I remember that I... Continue Reading →
Fidgeting and Fussing
At yoga practice, the instructor made a comment about the ways we tend to distract ourselves on our mat when we find a pose difficult or challenging or perhaps, in our perception, too easy. If we pay attention, we can see these tendencies off the mat. Now that my understanding of yoga practice and philosophy... Continue Reading →
Every Little Bit Counts
Regardless of how much or how little is accomplished, I do something, anything, every day which gets me one step closer to my goal. The list is long and it is absolutely a labor of love...of passion for writing and working on getting my work out into the world. I could spend entire days after... Continue Reading →
Rainy Days Were Made for Writing
It is a grey, damp day in my corner of the world. Most people around me carry on mumbling about April showers and how sick they are of the weather. When you live in a place ruled by the four seasons, the weather plays a definite factor in how people live and how people connect,... Continue Reading →
Suo Jure. Wait. What?
What does this mean? in his/her own right —used especially following the title of a noblewoman to specify that she holds the title independently of her husbandMerriam-Webster Dictionary I love the idea of women having some kind of opportunity to be themselves in a world so defined by patriarchy. So, when I started toying with the... Continue Reading →
Calling Myself a Writer
I abandoned this blog for quite some time. I am a mother of two school-aged children, a wife, a high school teacher, and a woman on a journey of growth. Amidst the many areas which demand my time, I spent any free minute I could find to finish my first historical romance - Capturing a... Continue Reading →
