Monday Musings: Gardeners of the Spirit

Help us to be the always hopeful

Gardeners of the spirit

Who know that without darkness

Nothing comes to birth

As without light

Nothing flowers.

— May Sarton, from the poem, The Invocation to Kali 

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Image: Baby's Breath, December 2008

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Wisconsin Writers:

I'm so pleased to be presenting again at  Fox Valley's Power of the Pen Workshop this Saturday, March 20. I'll be presenting two workshops: 1) Social Media for Writers and 2) The Magic of Your Muse: Creative Flow. There are other great offerings, too, including one from Judy Redbird Bridges and full day workshops on March 27 (Very reasonable fees, too!) Full details here.

Flowering Fridays: Bloom It Big

It's a short and sweet message for today:

Whatever your dream is, bloom it big.

Nurture and water it with loving attention.

Know that its beauty is needed.

Know that even though others might have dreams like that look like your flower, it's not your flower.

Your unique flower is yours, and it's so very needed, too.

(Just trust me on this. Especially when the doubt comes up. Or the fear.)

If you have a seed of desire in your heart, give it the fertile soil in which to take root and sprout.

Image: Hyancith, February 2009

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Flowering Fridays is a weekly look at flowers through the lens of what they might teach us about flowering fully in our life. Past editions are here.

Monday Musings: On Nourishing Our Souls

"If we fail to nourish our souls, they wither, and without soul, life ceases to have meaning.... The creative process shrivels in the absence of continual dialogue with the soul. And creativity is what makes life worth living." — Marion Woodman

What will you do to nourish your soul this week? What will you create from your life? 

Image: Dahlias in Rhinelander, August 2008

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Attention Milwaukee, WI-area writers:

I'm honored that one of my favorite people and great writing teacher Judy Bridges invited me to be on a Get Published in 2010 panel (with some great authors) this Thursday, March 11 at 6:30 p.m., at Redbird Studios in Milwaukee. Details for the event are here.