The End of an Era
Four years ago today I published a post about the bittersweet experience of watching our children go through certain milestones. […]
Finding Your Style
Creatives, particularly those newer to their craft, sometimes despair that there’s nothing truly original left to create – that it’s
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On Failing my Best Friend (Again and Again)
I have this friend. Actually, she’s my best friend. We go way back, like, to before primary school.
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An Update on an Old Intention (aka How Ideas Mutate and Grow)
In October 2016 I did something unusual: I posted an ‘Intention’ (note the capital I) on my blog.
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Luke Skywalker’s Midlife Crisis
A New Hope (the first of the original Star Wars trilogy) was first screened in cinemas in 1977.
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The Dread of the Tax Return (especially if you’re an HSP)
So… January has come and gone, and with it the deadline for filing personal tax returns. For various reasons, which
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Imagination, Inspiration, and Ursula Le Guin
Since my husband is a scientist and I’m an ex-scientist, we both love science fiction (reading and writing it).
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Reflections on a Decade of Mothering
As we near the end of the year I can’t help but look back. 2017 was a big ‘mothering year’
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Reviews of Books by Women – Are There Enough?
Although there are many successful women authors in the science fiction genre today, it still feels, at times, as though
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The Appeal of Halloween to an HSP Who Doesn’t Like Horror
I’ve never liked horror – films or books – and the few famous films in that genre that I did
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Gifts of Nature; Summer Reminiscing
Today is a bright day, a glorious day, and I am glad of the autumn sunshine since, lately, the world
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On Feeling Invisible
Today, I am having a low day, a sad day. Today is a day to remind myself that there is
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