Welcome to the final week of the month-long Carnival of Creative Mothers to celebrate the launch of The Rainbow Way: Cultivating Creativity in the Midst of Motherhood by Lucy H. Pearce which has been Amazon.co.uk’s Hottest New Release in Motherhood for the past week! Today’s topic is The Creative Process. Do read to the end of this post for a full list of carnival […]
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After reading Lisa Hassan Scott’s various pieces in response to write alm’s November writing prompts I took a look at the various prompts and one in particular caught my eye. It was ‘Autumn glow’. I already had the picture painted, so all I needed was the words. I’m actually writing more on this subject – autumn beauty
November is here again. It’s cold, it’s miserable, and all I want to do is stay inside, eat chocolate and drink tea. I do find that my mood shifts in the late autumn/winter months – I miss the light and the warmth, and all the freedom that the outside brings. BUT, at least it makes
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In the summer holidays our family went to a small village called Holt in north Norfolk, UK. Holt is a beautiful small town well known for its art. It’s got plenty of small – and large – galleries that sell art, and a rather splendid art supplies shop too. I was pretty happy in that
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I’ve been thinking about this post for quite a while but only just now got around to putting my thoughts into words. I’ve had a lovely summer with my children (and husband, when he managed to get some time off) but since the seasons have changed abruptly I can’t help feeling rather melancholic. My daughter
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My family and I have been on our holidays, and as usual, I’ve been busy at home with work, household chores, and of course lots of play, which hasn’t left a lot of time for blog writing (although I have been busying writing poems and a short story in the dead of the night….!). Holidays
Over the past ten years I have done a lot of painting. Of walls, doors, ceilings, door frames and skirting boards. Also some painting of the outside parts of the house. I loved choosing the colours and considering what fabrics and furnishings would best complement the colour on the walls. This, I thought, would be
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So lovely to be able to share this: Poetry! Art! Beautiful greetings cards! (Notice any familiar poetry?!) over at the Mother’s Milk Books blog. And it was lovely to see my poem ‘The Daffodils’ being shared on Facebook. Wouldn’t mind some free cards myself! Hmm…
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The Swing With aching limbs and clicking joints I climb onto the swing. I push the air with straightened legs, And quickly gather speed. A pendulum of sorts am I – With limbs that ache no more. The years recede as I gain height; I’m borne, reborn, in air. Now childhood dreams of long ago
I recently finished reading the book Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury and was sorry that it had come to an end. What I really appreciated about the book was Ray’s enthusiasm for the process of writing, and him illustrating (with such poetic phrases) how so much of our childhood experiences –
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