by jlouden | Sep 9, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
This past weekend I went wild. I’ll admit, wild for me may appear tame to some, but hey, half a loaf of bread was consumed! Three bars of chocolate! Nine episodes of various Netflix TV episodes. Two naps! 200 pages of a stupid novel (I wish it hadn’t been stupid). Let...
by jlouden | Jul 9, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
In life, there comes a time when you so sharply, so clearly, see your recurring patterns; you see the cost, feel the pain of doing the same thing yet again, that you can barely stand it. You watch yourself (just for example) yet again: Make a snarky comment about...
by jlouden | Jul 1, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Favorites
I am writing this at my sister’s dining room table in Florida. My mom is asleep nearby on the living room couch, contorted into a comma-like shape in the corner. My sister is asleep in her room down the hall. Mom was up wandering most of the night so everybody is...
by jlouden | Jun 24, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I’m always sad when, on one of my writing retreats, the subject of journaling comes up and someone will sigh and say things like, “I know I should journal but I never can seem to make a daily habit of it.” “I tried morning pages but I couldn’t find time to write three...
by jlouden | Jan 28, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I admit to having a “dog with a bone” kind of personality. I fall in love with an insight and chew it until it falls apart or yields all its secrets. I also carry it aloft – sharing it with you – as if I had found a precious holy relic or the...
