Monthly Archives: March 2025

A writer is someone for whom writing is harder than it is for other people.”  Thomas Mann How refreshing and encouraging it is when an accomplished writer freely admits that writing doesn’t come easily to them. Since today, March 19, is … Continue reading →

The more I learn about the craft of writing, the more I learn there is to know. And one of the best ways to learn about writing, successful writers will tell you, is by reading. When we read not just … Continue reading →

“When Irish eyes are miling”    T-shirt slogan Since the luck of the Irish is ever available and St. Patrick is ever on the job for all of us, I thought we’d celebrate St. Patrick’s Day! Instead of green bagels and … Continue reading →

The longest road out is the shortest road home.  Irish Proverb Since St. Patrick’s Day is just ahead of us, fresh as the green grass that is sprouting somewhere just beyond my door, I thought we’d all enjoy the warm … Continue reading →

“The most important thing is not to stop questioning. “Curiosity has its own reason for existing. “One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. “It is … Continue reading →

“The work itself will teach you.” Old Estonian Proverb I saw these words etched on a stone at an art fair once and by now, they are etched on my heart. Over and over again, I’ve turned to them as … Continue reading →

“Resistance outwits the amateur with the oldest trick in the book: It uses his own enthusiasm against him. Resistance gets us to plunge into a project with an overambitious and unrealistic timetable for its completion. It knows we can’t sustain … Continue reading →

If you trust in Nature, in what is simple in Nature, in the small things that hardly anyone sees and that can so suddenly become huge, immeasurable; if you have this love for what is humble and try very simply, … Continue reading →

“As a woman, I have no country. As a woman, my country is the world.   Virginia Woolf Saturday, March 8, was International Women’s Day, so I’m playing catch-up. It’s hard to think of a woman author who met the challenge … Continue reading →

Dirt Farmerby Arden Anthony He finds beauty among these simple things;The path a plow makes n the rich, red loam,Gay sun-gold in ripe wheat — a plover’s wings —A cowbell, tinkling as the herd comes home. He treads the soil, … Continue reading →