by jlouden | Jun 18, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I was speaking with my friend Hiro the afternoon of June 6th, having a little catch-up. She listened to me kvetch about not being able to find a house in Colorado and about not knowing when we would move my mom to Florida because there wasn’t a spot in memory care...
by jlouden | Jun 10, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Favorites
My last post struck a resonant cord with many of you. Thank you so much for all your supportive wishes and sharing my words with your friends so widely. Your experiences of being in liminal space – this betwixt between time when you’ve let go of one person,...
by jlouden | Mar 15, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
Laura and I “met” when her publisher asked me to blurb a book of hers. I loved it so much I dragged myself out bed, where I was languishing with bad cramps, to email her something like, “Love it!” We became friends when she shepherded me...
by jlouden | Mar 8, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I first met Chris Zydel a number of years ago (9? 10?) in Taos at my annual writing retreat. This tall, silver-maned goddess walks into the circle, bedecked in glorious turquoise, and I’m like, “Hello, who the heck are you???” Come to find out she is...
by jlouden | Feb 15, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
Amanda Stuermer is a wife, mother, writer, activist, and inspiration junkie – what a wonderful list of things to be! She is also the founder and executive director of World Muse, a social change organization that provides year-round programming to support women...
