A whirllpool in the water

Never Enough Time

Balancing my personal life and my creative endeavors is a challenge for me, a losing battle much of the time. Often, I make it worse by focusing on what I’ve left undone instead of what I have accomplished. That’s when the rant in my head begins, the name calling on a continuous loop—an endless list of words that help me tear myself down when I haven’t done enough, giving my inner critic the power to make me believe I’m not good enough and never will be.

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My farm on a cold misty day.

Lets Begin

With all the non-stop human suffering around the world, it’s hard to concentrate on everyday tasks at hand.  I have a sensitive nervous system that responds to tragedy by either shutting down or exploding into high anxiety, so I try to limit my exposure to the news so that it won’t rob me of all my muses for my writing and my art.

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