The past few weeks it’s gone below zero during the night and I’m doing my best to stay warm. I’m not one of those who enjoys outside walks during the winter because I don’t like frozen limbs. Lately, I’ve been thinking about places I can escape up here without having to get on airplane. WhereContinue reading “Staying Green During Winter”
Category Archives: Weekly Updates
Coffee Time
My school field trip day extended and I decided that I wanted to recreate school story hour too. It was another jump into the car because I have some new goals for 2025. One goal is to read and finish the piles of paper bound books I have stacked up at home. The second wasContinue reading “Coffee Time”
The Book Store
Today, I felt like I was going a school field trip as I jumped in the car. A phone call the other day let me know that a book I was waiting for by Kim Jiyun, had finally arrived. During the holidays I was craving a good story, a neighborhood story that gives inspiration andContinue reading “The Book Store”
Late Night Edits
The new year is here and this time my muses are busy. This year includes the goal of finishing 1 book before the end of the year, so that I can publish a new novel. I have the bones of 2 books written down. One was inspired by my trip to Japan, and the otherContinue reading “Late Night Edits”
Writing in the New Year
The year is coming to an end and I finally have the breather I’ve been waiting on. In the quiet aftermath of the holidays, I’m taking up the pages again. Ringing in the new year will be filled with turning pages, typing, writing research, and audio books. I would rather have words spilling out ofContinue reading “Writing in the New Year”
Tokyo Diaries: Return of a Lover
Strolling through the pathway in a new city I cherished the quiet. How can this full breath of autumn leaves, dirt, and scents of new flowers exist in a city of this size? My sense of time is altered as I pass friends, families, and school aged youth sitting on the grass to enjoy thisContinue reading “Tokyo Diaries: Return of a Lover”
A Fall Feast
The autumn leaves are falling up north and I’ve been a ghost to my own pages. Preptober is here and I’m not going for a month long frenzy this year. I guess I’m still trying to find the right words to lay out in black and white. Instead of typing away into the night, I’veContinue reading “A Fall Feast”
Summer Book Review
This afternoon I stepped outside to pick up my husband at work and I felt like I swallowed the ocean. My eyes moved back and forth across the garage and I blinked. Was I still in Minnesota? Maybe I was transported to Hawaii or some tropical island. The blacktop grounded me back to home. SinceContinue reading “Summer Book Review”
The Next Read…
My ears must have been starved because I’m on a binge of words. The Lost Bookshop, by Evie Woods is going into my best reads shelf. A little bit of magic, love, loss, and characters that stand on the pages. What book lover wouldn’t want to become the custodian of a magical bookshop that needsContinue reading “The Next Read…”
Getting Lost
These past few weeks I’ve found myself caught up in the frenzy of creating and getting lost. I’ve been lost in my imagination as I let my hands form new creations in miniature, and I’ve been lost in words. Ever since I wandered deep into the winding alleys of art, I felt the tether toContinue reading “Getting Lost”
Note Taking Week
A new month has begun and there were no April Fools in the office because I’m the only one here in my studio. Two big shows are looming in the middle of the month and my fingers have been reluctant to get back into work mode. Being up here in Minnesota, I could always blameContinue reading “Note Taking Week”
Ghost Towns
Friday is here again and I’ve been enjoying my change of career to focus on the creative part of my brain. My body is tired today because our show circuit has begun. It’s a satisfied tired because my energy went into creating new art pieces instead of managing a group of adults. My background noiseContinue reading “Ghost Towns”
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