June was National Cancer Survivors Month, so this was the focus of my June writing workshop for cancer patients and caregivers. What better way for my thriving writers to celebrate than to spend time reflecting on and writing about what being a survivor means to them, right? Okay, okay--I admit there are probably more exciting... Continue Reading →
Our Clutter, Our Gardens, Ourselves: Spring Cleaning, Planting, and Blooming for Personal Wellbeing
Closets crammed with unused holiday gifts and other relics of the past, under-bed spaces stuffed with stuff--these might be our first observations of Spring (ugh, time for Spring cleaning!). Now here we are in April, and maybe the clutter still abounds because of more enjoyable activities like planting and basking in the resurrected rainbow glow... Continue Reading →
Sometimes. . .
Soooo. . . how are those New Year’s resolutions coming along? Are you on track to fulfill them, or has the train derailed? Sometimes we promise too much to and of ourselves, so we don’t achieve all we resolved to. Our resolve then weakens, and we become discouraged and stop striving toward our goals. This... Continue Reading →