inspiration, creative writing prompts, motivational quotes, poetry and gentle nagging on the creative writing life…
I keep little notepads all over the place to write down ideas as soon as they strike, but the ones that fill up the quickest are always the ones at my nightstand. ~Emily Logan Decen I just handed in my Continue reading Notes at Your Nightstand
I read this book during my time in Ireland and I couldn’t put it down. Barbara Kingsolver and family resolve to eat off their land and only purchase locally for a year. In our garden, irises, roses and columbine are Continue reading Eating Out of the Garden-Fresh Pickles
Dear Erin, how sweetly thy green bosom rises! An emerald set in the ring of the sea. Each blade of thy meadows my faithful heart prizes, Thou queen of the west, the world’s cushla ma chree.John Philpot Curran
“Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotion know what it means to Continue reading An Escape From Emotion
A perfectly healthy sentence, it is true, is extremely rare. For the most part we miss the hue and fragrance of the thought; as if we could be satisfied with the dews of the morning or evening without their colors, Continue reading The Hue and Fragrance of the Thought
Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.Seamus Heaney Even if the last move did not succeed, the inner command says move again.Seamus Heaney I’m back from Listowel, Croughcroneen, The Aran Islands, Doolin, Continue reading Hope Must be Maintained
Take thy plastic spade,It is thy pencil; take thy seeds, thy plants,They are thy colours.~William Mason, The English Garden, 1782 This year I am planting a cutting garden, I wanted to make sure the seeds were in before I left Continue reading Planting a Cutting Garden
As part of my semester work I had to work in a science and what better science for a chef than the study of gastronomy. One of the ways I’m discussing the science of food is through lost recipes. So Continue reading Key Ingredient Makes Posting Recipes Easy
I keep forgetting to post about the ChicoBag, thanks to my sister for sending me one. According to the ChicoBag literature using reusable bage will save 3-7 gallons of crude oil per American a year. I bought green bags for Continue reading Save 300-700 Plastic Bags a Year