Everything is Writable About

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Shiny Things

One of my favorite quotes, especially when I am plagued by self doubt or writer’s block:
…Everything in life is writable about
if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise.
The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. ~Sylvia Plath

If you think about it, everything really is writable about in [...]

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Tween Seasons

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Shiny Things

The tween season weather is by far my favorite time! Almost “winter cold” mixed with “practically summer” days tossed together by the thunderstorm’s tempest.
In my element. Transitory, to be sure, but I am reveling nonetheless
Peace,
~me

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love [...]

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Reading Books Like Tea Leaves

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Shiny Things

How about this quote?
“All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. … But with each passing year, and with each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read the books or not.”  – Nick [...]

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Bring it On 2009!

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Shiny Things

JUMPING into the New Year
Peace and Love to you in your world!
~me

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Beautiful Sadness

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Shiny Things

From Angie’s Quote of the Day:

I love life…Yeah, I’m sad, but at the same time, I’m really happy that something could make me feel that sad. It’s like…It makes me feel alive, you know. It makes me feel human. The only way I could feel this sad now is if I felt something really [...]

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