by Kate | Dec 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
I wish my calligraphic swoops meant something Instead it’s like when I bark back to the dog Yesterday I painted over a painting done before and kind of liked the look of it Today I did it again It’s the book...
by Kate | Dec 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
It’s the beginning of a new month, but before I send my newsletter out, so I am caught between two kind promises: I will love without keeping score and I will forgive with wild abandon. This morning, serendipitously (through Gretchen Rubin’s “Moment of Happiness”),...
by Kate | Nov 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will love without keeping score. While it would be possible to practice the Kind Promises without believing in a Higher Power, it sure makes it easier to have one. Take love, for instance. I don’t like thinking about love without thinking about a...
by Kate | Nov 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
Each day I watch for moments that inspire a strong feeling of gratitude and joy within me. I mentally label the strongest such moment The Delight of the Day. The practice encourages what psychologists call “positive scanning.” I’m waiting for good things to...
by Kate | Nov 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will love without keeping score. Love is so big and I feel small when I think of it. Sometimes, that’s a good thing. Imagining love as something grand and infinite, seeing myself as a single-celled amoeba in an ocean of love is about right. It...
by Kate | Nov 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Welcome to Creativity Cookies, your monthly invitation to creative action! The BIG IDEA for this month is November is National Novel Writing Month and Art Every Day Month. Both are structures designed to support people as they make art. They have in common: beginning...
