I’m not posting a featured mom this week, although I had planned to. We’ll pick it up again next week. Instead I feel compelled to point you to a blog that’s mostly written by a dad. Sweet Juniper is one of those blogs I often think about. Daily. I wait for new content and then when it is refreshed, I [...]
The creak of the front door sends my heart into overdrive. Will the wild thumping wake Shannon? He’s home. Right on time. I press my hands against my chest to stifle the hammering and listen for her soft breath. A pause, a sigh, and the soft rhythmic snores start up again; she’s still asleep. Without moving a muscle, I strain [...]
As you can see I’ve been quite busy around here! This new template has taken me hours and hours and according to my hubby….more hours. But I’m quite happy with how it’s looking – although there are still a few tweeks to be made here and there.
Today’s creative mom, Victoria, is an accomplished PR and Marketing professional who has built her consultancy through a lot of hard work. While she uses creative problem solving everyday for her clients, she channels a different kind of energy at home with her two little boys, ages 3 and 5. She writes: My boys, being typical little boys, love superheroes. [...]
Image via Wikipedia One of my most favorite readers, Stacey from ArtSnark, emailed me the other day to tell me about a group of artists who are working to benefit the Australian Red Cross. In case you are unaware of the situation there, it’s pretty dire. Over 200 people have died and many, many more have lost their homes. If [...]
Read about the Meme “There is no use trying, said Alice; one can’t believe impossible things.” “I dare say you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Lewis Carroll This quote, from Alice [...]
#1) Sometimes she asks me to read to her. I love allowing her to communicate so I fulfill her request and let her know I understand her.
Read about the Meme Today’s post is a bit of an announcement but I’m posting it for Monday’s Muse because I’m just so freaking excited that it’s put a creative bounce in my step. Beginning now, Maternal Spark will take flash fiction submissions. I’ve got some work to do in writing up some submission guidelines but if you have something [...]
Image via Wikipedia BestCollegesOnline.com has created a list of the Top 100 Creative Writing Blogs. I nearly passed out to see that Maternal Spark was listed in the Aspiring Authors section. I mean, Neil Gaiman’s blog is also listed (in the Published Author section), and so this makes me just like him right? Cause we’re both on the same list, [...]
Today’s Featured mom has stepped outside the standard interview format as we had a nice, casual email exchange instead. I asked her only one question and I thought her response was natural and conveyed a lot of truth so here she is, Featured mom Debbie Davis: While I always enjoyed being creative, I have found that my projects take on [...]
