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Miranda: Yeah, I’m writing, but OUCH

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , , , on October 26, 2009 | 19 Comments »

What lengths will you go to in order to protect your creative time?
I’ve come to depend on my Saturday morning “me time.” My husband and I split the weekend mornings; he gets Sunday. This means I can either sleep in on Saturdays or get up early and start writing — or a combination of the [...]

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Cathy: Not selling myself short

Posted in Cathy, tagged , , , , , on September 25, 2009 | 11 Comments »

Crosspost from musings in mayhem.
The question of balancing motherhood and creativity arises constantly. The other day, I read a very interesting wake-up call over on and her head popped off. I loved the photograph of the mom going ahead with painting whilst her toddler hung upside down, squiggling on her lap. The mom in the [...]

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Cathy: April Fool’s Day 2008-2009

Posted in Cathy, tagged , on March 30, 2009 | 13 Comments »

It was no joke when I headed to the hospital at 2 am last April Fool’s Day. By 5:01 am Baby C entered the world. I’ll spare you the gory details, because it’s a year later, so it doesn’t matter. What matters is a year ago, we brought home this:

Sorry pic is blurry, my cellphone [...]

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Sounding Board: Housework

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , on March 3, 2009 | 16 Comments »

It’s the great equalizer: Time. Each one of us receives a new allotment of 24 hours every time the clock strikes midnight. And most of us feel like that allotment is never enough. It often seems like there aren’t sufficient hours in the day to do all the things screaming for your attention, never mind [...]

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Miranda: “Someday” is today

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , on November 6, 2008 | 14 Comments »

I can’t remember where I picked it up, but at some point last week I heard the old reminder “‘Someday’ is today.” Those three words have been repeating in my head ever since.
When you aspire to living in the moment, it’s easy to forget about all those things you want to do “someday.” The only [...]

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