by jlouden | Jul 24, 2019 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Uncategorized
Our theme at the weekly Oasis for July has been Pleasure and Freedom. I usually take each theme to heart, reading about it, cogitating on it, turning it over in my mind and heart. I was rewriting my book (it’s due this Friday to my editor!!) and I was getting...
by jlouden | Jul 16, 2019 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Uncategorized
I wanted to share a picture of my daughter Lillian and me during her spontaneous visit to see Bob and me this week. Lilly lives in Seattle. She stayed in the PacificNorthWest after we moved to Colorado four years ago, as did my bonus son Aidan. It’s the only thing...
by jlouden | Jul 10, 2019 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Uncategorized
A simple idea has revolutionized my writing life and made writing my book so much easier. It does not involve any of the weird writing productivity rituals you read about in writing books and blogs. I’m not writing naked tied to my chair until my husband Bob releases...