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Kelly: Right Where I Need to Be

Posted in Kelly, tagged , , on November 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Cross posted from my personal blog.
Sometimes I think it takes almost walking away from something to realize that what you currently have is truly a pretty good thing. That’s the lesson I learned last week. As I’ve shared with you guys here recently, I’d applied for a new job, still with the College but a [...]

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Kelly: A Girl’s Gotta Dream…

Posted in Kelly, tagged , , on September 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Cross-posted from my personal blog…

Catching my breath quite a bit here lately so I haven’t had much happening on the art front. Here’s another spread from my art journal I’ve been working on. I’ve actually even started writing in it now!!! I was in Tampa Friday and Saturday facilitating some leadership programs and came home [...]

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Cathy: Start by doing what is necessary

Posted in Cathy, tagged , , on March 2, 2009 | 7 Comments »

“Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” — St. Francis of Assisi
This quote is an oldie but a goodie. It’s embroidered on pillows and you can purchase froufrou-looking magnets of it in gift stores. I first hung it over my desk at home, on my [...]

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Kelly: Dodging Curve Balls

Posted in Kelly, tagged , , on February 5, 2009 | 19 Comments »

I’ve been having a couple of those weeks where everything comes at you at once. You know those kind of weeks? It’s been taking up so much space in my brain that I haven’t been able to think straight much less find time to sit down and create.
Two weeks ago I got a job offer [...]

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Kelly: Emotional Writing? Superwoman Unraveling…

Posted in Kelly, tagged , , , on December 11, 2008 | 7 Comments »

So let me just tell you about my last week or so. I think it’ll be emotional writing at its finest. I had my last arts festival of the fall this past weekend: Market Days in Tallahassee. It’s a very large show, and this year was the first time I’ve participated in it. It’s also [...]

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Kelly: Is the Universe Speaking?

Posted in Kelly, tagged , , , on September 29, 2008 | 10 Comments »

…And just what the heck is she saying? I have two close friends who are big followers of the principles in the book The Secret. If you’ve been under a rock and haven’t heard of it, the basic premise behind The Secret is that if you open yourself up to it, the Universe will bring [...]

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Breakfast with Lisa

Posted in breakfast, tagged , , , , , on June 13, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Welcome to the second installment of our new weekly series, “Breakfast,” where we get to know an inspiring, creative mother from the blogosphere, and be treated to a visual peek into her creative space. Meet Lisa Leonard, a self-taught jewelry designer, blogger, and mother of two boys, ages 4 and 5. Lisa’s customized jewelry is [...]

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News Tribune: The art of being a mom

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , on June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The News Tribune online profiles four Tacoma, WA-based mothers with arts careers (a dancer, a photographer, a pianist, and a director) to explore “what it’s like to juggle two demanding passions: your children and your art. For each, patience and creativity come into play.” Says one mother:
“Being in any of the arts is all-consuming. You’re [...]

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Miranda: Decision time

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , on May 26, 2008 | 8 Comments »

I have the good fortune of working from home. At least, I thought it was good fortune. But my husband and I have spent much of this holiday weekend reviewing our budget.
While I’ve continued to add more babysitting hours to each week, last month I let go of a long-term retainer client (parting was overdue) [...]

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Christa: My life, my work

Posted in Christa, tagged , , , on May 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working on an article for one of the trade magazines I worked for before I had children. I don’t do much of this anymore. I learned early on that I could only write articles when I could be sure that sources would be patient with the possibility of [...]

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Struggling…trying…

Posted in Betsy, tagged , on February 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Since I had to go back to work full-time about two years ago, I have not been nurturing my creative writing career. When I write for work, I find it hard to find the brainspace for my creative writing. That and, as a single mom of three kids (one not-self-driven and applying to colleges), I’m [...]

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Miranda: Help! Something awful is happening

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , , on January 16, 2008 | 6 Comments »

OK, so I’m gaining momentum. A lot of momentum. My 150 pages of material are really turning into something viable. The first few chapters are readable drafts. I’m networking like mad, developing my third wave of interviewees, with success. I’m reading books that are feeding my writing. I’m revising a short story I wrote [...]

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