Creativity and studying the creative process have captured my attention wholly for the past few years. Why is it that some people can create so seemingly effortlessly while others of us…

This blog is about one writer’s journey, but it is my hope that it will speak to those of you who are struggling to create any little thing. Some people are…

This past weekend’s March for Science (hopefully) had all of us thinking about the many advances we have seen – just in our own lifetimes –  in a variety of…

My family and I moved to rural Colorado this past June. We are now coming out of our first full winter living at an altitude above 8000 feet, and all I…

As I mentioned in my last post, I am now (finally!) writing daily because I am waking up really early (as in, the birds are still asleep) and carving out…

I have been wondering lately why it has taken me so long to indulge this writing habit. I’m 37 years old, which isn’t old of course, but it is much later…

By now you have surely heard or read about your internal voice. You know, it’s that guiding voice that we all have that tells us what to do with our…

Each of us has a secret. Some secrets are bits of our past that we hide from the world. Some secrets are hopes for our future that we feel unentitled to…