When I was a little girl, I had a secret reading spot. We had an attic that you could only reach via a wooden ladder that was hidden behind a ceiling panel. In my eyes, that little rope on the ceiling was the gateway to my reader’s heart. The roof was slanted, and on the sides, my mom had made curtains to hide all sorts...

🗓️ 22 to 28 june The weeknotes are back! I was sitting down to edit my now page, looked for my notes for it, and found some old weeknotes instead. I realised I missed some parts of it, so here we go again :D favourite thing this week Such a great talk with my ergo therapist. She was so kind and showed me a great new...

I've found this just now, among other things I wrote years and years ago for a memoir class. I loved to read it again and thought I'd share it :) --- I'm going to write about someone I don’t really remember a lot about, but I am so proud to have someone like her in the family tree, that I have to write about her. I...

On my miniblog I've documented my new routine of doing a minimum of 10 minutes of exercise a day. I haven't done my ten minutes yesterday and today doesn't look good either. Now i wrote that down, I could feel shame or disappointment. Just this decision to hit pause makes me realise I've truly let go of the...

James of the Coffee blog fame made a fun quiz, and I expected to know the result. It surprised me with a second one 😀 You are a Author You love writing and have a growing backlog of posts on your website! Words are your best friend and you're always thinking about what to write next. You are also a Explorer To you, the...

Yesterday I posted this on Mastodon (post link) I'm building a new habit here on Mastodon: instead of liking, I try to reply to at least 3 posts, especially on those that don't have comments yet and I love it. It's so much more personal! and boy, the response was overwhelming, at one point it took me half an hour to...

As I've written about before (over here and here for instance) I have low energy levels and that has kept me from cleaning the house the way I would like. Today, I added a new practice that is is a way to clean the house that doesn't cost me a lot of energy makes me feel so meditative If you've read the title you know...

This morning in yin yoga I looked up at my left arm My mind focused on the asana Suddenly distracted by a thought "My goodness, look at those wrinkles!" A smile bloomed on my breath Wrapped my judgement in joy My heart whispered into relaxation "How blessed am I to be here To find myself in my yoga"

This day I haven't done any big things, just explored near the hotel when I arrived. I did take some pictures along the way, I may post them on Mastodon :) All these were taken with a Campsnap Pro

Dear Creative Soul, Do you recognise any of these questions: ◦ What if my work isn't good enough?◦ What if people think that I am a crap artist?◦ What if nobody buys my work?◦ What if I can't think of anything good after I finish my book?◦ What if someone steals my idea? What-ifs are so toxic (even re-reading the list...

I’m playing together a cover/strap for my small water bottle so that I can wear it on my walks and trips to the gym etc.  I’ve started and frogged this so many times, every time finding some way to make it better.  I don’t mind the tangle of threads on my lap, warped by the crochet stitches, in fact, I love it.  It’s a...

This is the tin some markers came in. It was sturdy enough to keep and perfect because it has a window so I can see what’s in it.  But the tin was printed with the info about the markers and I didn’t think that looked very pretty. So I got out some other paint markers with a brush tip and started to doodle.  Some...

Yesterday I was reading a book and in it a character talked about the haves and have nots and all of a sudden I had the outline of this post in my head.  The haves are stealing all the creative output of the have nots.  The have nots are the largest group of creatives, the blog keepers, the writers, the artists with...

When we went to see the Mandalorian and Grogu last Wednesday, we drove back home along a dyke between the IJsselmeer on one side and a large nature reserve on the other.  The light was spectacular, scattered clouds with bright sunlight breaking through at moments . Gorgeous.  I asked / begged my husband to stop at a...

I went to therapy today, not conventional therapy, but a therapy where I learn to live with low energy. She taught me something pivotal today, and I want to write about it because it's so exciting to me, and it WORKS (tried it out a couple times already). An example So let's say I tell myself I should really clean the...