Extremely Useful DIY Projects

(via) While I love a very clever DIY  of any kind (crochet coffee sleeve? sure!), its the useful ones that I find myself recommending to clients again and again.  For example, the forgetful and scattered person can attach magnets to tin canisters from spices &...

Embracing The Dark Side…!

(Rebecca Horn) Yin & Yang.  Fundamental principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine.  Giant books have been written about yin & yang. Essentially, yin & yang are the dark and the light.  They need to be balanced. A few things about this principle of yin...

Shifting Social Gears In The New Year

Perhaps I should call this “shifting social gears any time of the year” because there’s no good reason why January 1 should be the only turning point that we universally recognize? … but lets roll with the idea that 2013 is a fresh start.  The...

The Dawning Of The Age Of Aquarius!?

(via) The Age Of Aquarius.  Depending on who you ask, it started a hundred years ago, or in the 1960’s…or on 12/21/12.   There are tomes- New Age, philisophical and also scientific- on the history of these predictions for 2012 and beyond.  But what...
What To Do When You Hit A Creative Block?

What To Do When You Hit A Creative Block?

 “Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.” ~Pablo Picasso  Creatively Blocked is a word that’s quite heavy. So many words can describe the same phenomenon: stuck, empty, uninspired, lazy, checked-out, numb. Creative blocks can strike and leave you...