by jlouden | Apr 5, 2021 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
What am I doing with New York Times best-selling author Anne Lamott? I’ll tell you but first, a little back story. Years ago, I wrote a magazine column for Whole Living, which then got bought by Martha Stewart and became Body & Soul. In addition to the column, I...
by jlouden | Oct 16, 2019 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
Have you ever had a feeling of despair sneak up on you? I scared myself last week. I won’t bore you with all the details, but after forty-five minutes stuck in a morning snowstorm on the highway, I got home and was so exhausted, I went back to bed. For most of the...
by jlouden | Aug 7, 2019 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
For those of us in the U.S., this week brought a double wave of horror with back to back mass shootings of unspeakable violence. Of course, we are filled with rage over more innocent lives lost to hate, stupidity, greed, and the rise of white supremacy. Of course, we...