What is Normal?
Who decides what is normal, and who wants to be normal anyway?
Come to think of it, I have, at times, wished I could just "be normal" and "be happy with the things that normal people want in life".
My Word of the Year for 2010 is Connection
I've been a fan of Christine Kane'sblog and eZine for about a year. On December 31, 2009, I worked an exercise she offered her readers: The Word of the Year Discovery Tool.
Mele Kalikimaka
One of my favorite Xmas traditions is baking a Candy Cane Coffeecake for breakfast. YUM! I usually start the process the night before and let the dough rest in the fridge overnight, but this year I did it all this morning. The recipe comes from an OLD cookbook put out by WPL (WI Power and Light). I've been making this since high school.
It's Cranberry Season!
This might come as a shock to you, but I wasn't always a professional artist. In fact, there were years when my creative talents were geared more to making a home than making art. Creativity will NOT be stopped. It simply must seep out through the pores of a creative person (I believe we are All creative in our own ways).
Taking The Big Leap
In Dr. Gay Hendricks latest book, The Big Leap, he postulates that we all have varying set points of comfort, our very own comfort zones. These zones are often unconscious and were set early in our lives. As long as we operate within our zones of comfort, we feel good. When we stretch our limits, we start to feel bad and sabotage ourselves back into our zone of comfort. Advice you can follow on how to overcome your Upper Limit Problem is included in the book. Buy it!
Me, Me, Pick Me!
Who among us does not want to be recognized or picked? I’m not referring to your exterior self, but about being seen as the wonderful, loving, core person that you know you are within.
Recipe: 5-Minute Coconut Custard Pie
This is one of my mom’s new favorite recipes. Try it, you’ll love it too, it’s easy, fast, fun, and delicious!
Gratitude, Appreciation, & Celebration - three of my favorite words
If you missed January's newsletter and want to know why these journals are spilling over with ribbons click here to download the pdf file on Gratitude, Appreciation, & Celebration.
Finding Your Promises and Secrets Within
This month's featured painting, Promises & Secrets Within, was titled by good friends and the people who watched me paint her in public.