Love to Write

I just heard a relevant and thought-provoking Gloria Steinem quote that I wanted to share with you: "Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning." I want you to ruminate on that quote for a bit, then write about what it means to you. How…

Around 40% of Americans make a New Year’s resolution. Do you? As I mentioned above, I have just returned from a fabulous goal-setting workshop this week with Michael Hyatt. He posted an article on his website, "From Babylon to Self-Betterment: A Quick History of the New Year's Resolution," which talks about the history of resolutions I thought you may…

Floyd and Lucille Just before we crossed over into 2018, my husband Bob and I celebrated Lucille Ellson’s one-hundredth birthday. Five years ago, I met Lucille and her husband Floyd—he was 104 at the time—because Floyd wanted to write his life story with Lucille’s help. He already had the title, My First Hundred Years, and a book…

It’s that time of year—time to write goals, make resolutions, and create intentions for 2018. As I write this, I’m sitting in the Nashville airport, listening to the live music that defines this city and relishing the fact that I’ve already accomplished my first goal of the new year—attending Michael Hyatt’s workshop, Best Year Ever Live…

Come with an idea. Leave with a story. Spend the day working on a story you'd like to write. Learn the elements of crafting a story from your life that's interesting and well-written. Practice a proven, step-by-step method of composing a story that conveys an experience or situation you want to commit to paper. Walk out at the end…

Starting today, and every day through December 25th, I would love for you to write just one little memory you have of the holidays. Be sure to use your senses to recall specifics. Think back to your childhood and name the key people, places, traditions, foods, and songs that were, or continue to be, important…

A Five-Year Journal is a beautiful gift for anyone in your life. They are great for non-writers, as well as committed journalers, because it takes only five minutes a day. Record your day’s events, thoughts, feelings, highs, and lows in this sturdy, hardback-bound journal. The top of each page displays the month and day and provides six ruled,…

Happy National Letter Writing Day! It’s time to bring out your loveliest stationary and your favorite pen. It’s time to concentrate fully on communicating to just one special someone. It’s time to think about exactly what you want to say before you say it because, with a pen, there’s no cut and paste function. For today’s…

I recently read a fascinating book review of B.J. Hollars' Flock Together: A Love Affair with Extinct Birds and had to share the book and the book review with you. The book recounts Hollars' obsession with extinct North American birds, and how that obsession led him to celebrate the birds we still have today. The book introduced a new term to…