Breaking Habits
Number 5 of 12 prompts around change and it was my turn to provide a prompt. I chose “Habits'” because we all have them in some shape or form. For example each morning getting up and showering and brushing teeth is a habit instilled in us from childhood. We know
Smoke In The Air
Once upon a time, smoking was my habit. Hardly anyone of the people I have met over the last 24 years knows that I was once a smoker. It’s been a long time since my last cigarette, but I’ve thought many times how it was possible to stop. Not that
Daily Habits
My days are made up of repeating lifestyle habits. Even though there may be some changes such as short outings and trips, my days are generally the same, ordinary and somewhat boring. But the TV news is reporting on wars in Ukraine and Israel. People lose their daily lives and
The Word Habit
In 1997 inspired by Julia Cameron’s The Artist Way I began writing daily morning pages, three pages of stream of consciousness writing to clear mental clutter before beginning the days art work. Overtime I changed this practice to something that suited me better a daily thought or inspiration. There are
Creating the Hiking Habit
Making Hiking a habit, not just walking to accrue steps.
HABIT
We all have habits. Some good and some bad. I cannot begin to tell you the habits I have had throughout my life or how many I have stopped only to replace them with other habits. Smoking….stopped and replaced with candy. Candy….under control…I think? Sewing habits are no different. Where
HABITS – a part of this artist’s life
For one reason or another, flipping the photo doesn't always work...
Spring permeates into winter….
Winter seems to be cold and still, but it has considerable energy inside it and waits for spring to come.When spring begins to seep into winter, the inherent energy changes into the energy of spring. As the frozen ground slowly melts, sprouts of life begin to emerge, and the wind
Storm Season: The Angry Ocean
In winter, beaches in the Pacific Northwest aren’t for the faint of heart. The coastal line in Washington State is rough, much of it is pebbles or dark sand, and the water is cold. The stretches between the beaches are rocky headlands, with high cliffs and forests running almost into
Transition
A change of season is often a transition from slightly warm to warm to slightly cold then slightly cold to cold to slightly warm again. That is in the South Island of New Zealand where we do have four seasons but not the extreme levels of heat or snow in
The Fall Sandwich
As a child I had a friend whose mother made sandwiches by cutting them into triangles and removing the crusts…somehow this made them taste better to me. My children also appreciated the triangle cut sandwich, I kept the crusts on theirs because my grandmother taught me that is where the