Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. — Henry David Thoreau . Share this:EmailShare on Tumblr Pin It

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. –Ralph Waldo Emerson . Share this:EmailShare on Tumblr Pin It

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work it until it’s done, and done right. —Walt Disney Share this:EmailShare on Tumblr Pin It

So let your heart hold fast For this soon shall pass; There’s another year ahead. –Fort Atlantic, Let Your Heart Hold Fast Share this:EmailShare on Tumblr Pin...

1) Dressage is very zen. Seriously. Those beautiful animals go through their paces can be a form of meditation. 2) Watching the Olympics is itself a marathon. Far too many hours of coverage conflicting with work, writing, knitting and small items such as eating and sleeping. You have to pace yourself, make decisions and realize you are not going to see...

It’s the start of a long weekend and I’m feeling curiously jubilant. Maybe because I’m starting a class tomorrow that I’m looking forward to. Maybe because I feel at this moment as if threads are starting to come together, like I’m waking up after a long sleep. Whatever the reason, the song that keeps popping up on my iTunes at the...

“Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.” — Author Unknown A joyous thanksgiving to you all. No matter how desperate times may seem — and I have known some truly desperate moments in my life — if you dig down deep, there will always be something to be thankful for. It may be a small thing; a warm, fluffy cat, a book...

Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans — John Lennon You might have noticed (for the few of you that are reading and aren’t spammers), that the meter’s clicked up again. Didn’t do as well last night as I’d hoped — and it looks like tonight’s not going to be a winner, either. A friend has a crisis and...

“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” — Jack London I surprised myself yesterday and managed almost 3,000 words while hacking up a lung. I’m not working on what I’d planned as my NaNo project, though. Instead, I happened on the file for a NaNo book from several years ago and figured out what had...

“Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.” — John Wooden Still sick, and I’m reaching the point where I’m having to admit I may not make a win this year. If I write an average of 3,237 words a day, I can cross the finish line before December 1, but...