I want to do something splendid . . . Something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgottenafter I’m dead . . . I think I shall write books.                                                                                    - - - Louisa May Alcott   When I learned...

If you wait forinspiration to write, you’re a waiter. Not a writer. - - Dan Poynter   Feeling inspired is a high like no other. It’s a divine spark. Your paintbrush skims across the canvas seemingly by itself. You hear the music inside your head before you open your...

A Beautiful Thing A close friend visited me a fewdays ago. She is gorgeous inside and out. She has a genuine interest in learning and growing and she is kind. She recently had her hair cut in a stylish bob. She was wearing a pair of jeans that fit her perfectly and a...

 Erasing Your Face The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.                                                            - - - Frank Lloyd Wright Over the last nine months, I wrote a memoir for Betsy, a wonderful 74-year-old woman who goes on month long...

   Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.                                       - - - Oscar Wilde                                                            One of the most destructive things we can do is compare ourselves to other people. I do it. Not...