Categories
Artists & Writers Decision-Making J.R.R.Tolkien

The Time Given

Some say that there are two kinds of people in this world: those who love J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and those who will soon come to love J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. I fit in to the first category.  I read The Fellowship of the Ring when I was 15 and continue […]

Categories
50's Thoughts Clanmother

My Life’s a Best Seller

Some questions make you think.  My creative friend, Allison, asked me if our lives were interesting enough for people to read about – not just for one day, but for a month, a year, even a lifetime. Here’s another question:  How many times do people quote us? Actually, I have a wonderfully exciting life.  And […]

Categories
Artists & Writers

Anaïs Nin – 2011 Inspiration

My first post was a quote from Anaïs Nin. My lifelong friend, Ruth, sent an email today entitled – 2011 Inspiration – which offered another perceptive thought from the journals of Anaïs Nin. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” With a little research, I was able to find the source: The Diary of Anais Nin, […]

Categories
Artists & Writers

Anaïs Nin

The quote in my Woman’s Diary for the week of November 22, 2010 was from Anais Nin. “Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” What better way to introduce the idea of clanmother. Angela Anaïs Juana […]