Thoughts On Blogging & Community
It's the way I've most deeply been able to place myself as I truly am out into the universe, and receive, in turn, the likeminded souls-cum-friends that I have. And that means everything to me. »
On Anxiety & Life Moving In Super Speed
The reality being that intellectually understanding a need for self-care is not at all the same thing as actually serving it up to yourself. »
Is there a such thing as balance?
Free time was filled with long walks through streets lined with cotswolds cottages, which were named things like "Wisteria House" "The Old Wheatsheaf" and "Flower Pot Cottage." »
Creation Over Perfection | Artist Retreats
Right now, I’m sitting on the plane heading back to Toronto from London, and my mind is racing. I’ve realized that this it’s regular MO... »
Looking Back at 2018
Do you remember what you were thinking about this time last year? I remember amassing a ton of books — old classics I'd always wanted to read, some on the craft of writing itself, and Ryan Holidays' books on marketing. I remember sitting there that Christmas day, beaming and thinking... »
Stepping Out of the Shadows + Present For You!
...And then I did. And something wonderful happened... I connected with others so much more deeply. Because I was suddenly IN the trenches with them, versus on the outside as an editor. I was learning anew, about the craft of "arranging bouquets of words," as I say. »
Fear + Beginnings
Do you like taking pieces of the worlds you read about into your daily life? Colour me crazy but I've been thinking lately that I want to offer that by way of perfume, or jewelry. »
Childlike Wonder
It's like the remaining bit of dust that had begun to accumulate as I "grew into an adult," flicked off and the sparkle of childlike wonder fully emerged. »
Un Temps Pour Créer | Julia Girel
I was finally learning a truth that every eight year old knows: creating is fulfilling. Drawing, writing, cooking, tinkering, imagining, means to extend one’s identity as far as possible. It is called affirming oneself. »
Rituals & Rhythms
Life can be so topsy turvy. Especially when you freelance. Especially when you house-sit all over the globe. I happen to do both. Still, for my sanity (and craft) I try to keep myself on a fairly regular schedule. »
Baby steps & meltdowns: lessons and anecdotes from writing a book
In the end, that old book I scrapped returned. Or, pieces of it did, rewoven. And that new fabric became a *huge* piece of the quilt, that is the story I landed on. In fact, it's essentially the hallucination... »