Creativity, The Writing Life 02 Nov 2024 Rainy Friday How am I looking at productivity? With grace, or through the lens of the critic? Here's an example of how… Christi+
Adventure & Pilgrimage, Uncategorized 19 Jul 2024 I Needed A Coach! "Fill your life with tiny and large adventurous movements." —Sark I had this dream to get back to Europe.… Christi+
Adventure & Pilgrimage, My Creative Journey 18 Jun 2024 Travel Notebooking After a traipse through Belgium and a twirl through the Netherlands, I am home from a European adventure. I'm so… Christi+
Uncategorized 02 Apr 2024 Springing Into Story The nature of creation is that it wants to be witnessed. Ray Bradbury called the universe "a big theatre," remarking… Christi+
Art, National Poetry Month 01 Apr 2024 Spring! Hopkins brings the giddy goodness of creation to the surface. My paintbrush finds it too. Spring … Christi+
Poetry, Tupelo 30/30 Poetry Project 04 Jan 2024 Poetry Marathon III Dear friends, I’m challenged, excited, baffled, stumped, inspired, energized, disorganized, and not exactly sure if I'm in my right mind.… Christi+
Uncategorized 31 Oct 2023 This Writing Train Chugging Along Wildwrite* 15 minutes (typed from handwriting) It’s hard, abandoning my agenda for the page. Not knowing how it will all… Christi+
Uncategorized 05 Jul 2023 Your Needs Map Noticing my needs! Plotting them on a map of my imaginary creative landscape. What do I need? Vast territories… Christi+
Uncategorized 15 Jun 2023 Wonder, Transformation, and Pain Yesterday I met Sterling, a gifted memoir writer who has been learning to tell his story. I encouraged him to… Christi+
Creativity, Sensitive People & Empaths 14 Mar 2023 Brain Creativity Training and Nature According to Bas Korsten at the Harvard Business Review, spending time in nature is one of the best ways to… Christi+
My Creative Journey, The Writing Life 01 Mar 2023 The Real Danger of Social Media – for Artists and Writers Or What I Learned About My Addiction Hal mentioned how hard it is to be creative these days—but he's on… Christi+
Tupelo 30/30 Poetry Project 26 Feb 2023 Poetry Marathon – Will I Make It? When I applied to be a Tupelo Press 30/30 Poet for February and was accepted (for the second year, hurray!),… Christi+
Uncategorized 10 Feb 2023 Poetry Marathon! A Month of Writing Poems Dear friends, I'm challenged, excited, baffled, stumped, inspired, energized, disorganized, off and running in the month's marathon of writing 30… Christi+
Uncategorized 09 Feb 2023 Saying Yes in 2023 YES It could happen any time, tornado, earthquake, Armageddon. It could happen. Or sunshine, love, salvation. It could, you know.… Christi+
Uncategorized 28 Jun 2022 Don’t Leave the Beach! I can’t believe it’s been nine months since I moved to the Oregon Coast. Some adjustments have been huge,… Christi+
