On.  Off.  On.  Off. I have come to learn that regardless of my intentions, my creative impulses seem to have a mind of their own.  They are not always on.  And when they come on, it’s like I’m overwhelmed with ideas and thoughts and I can hardly keep up.  How do you operate?  Are you slow and steady – always [...]

Some time ago I wrote about a book called The Mommy Chronicles.   Now, mom authors Sara Ellington and Stephanie Triplett have just published their second book called The Must-Have Mom Manual. I kinda sorta thought I was over the mom handbooks.  I read the What to expect books and didn’t think I needed to read another book on how to [...]

Image by David’s digits via Flickr I’ve interviewed over 50 Creative Moms for Maternal Spark.  And now, someone has interviewed me! Little ole me has been featured on Write out Loud, a blog about writing by Ami Spencer.  Read it.

Little H has been doing something very amusing these past few days.  She’s become partial to Winnie the Pooh and enjoys watching the comical, stuffed with fluff bear on DVD.  If you have a young child you know that if it’s good enough to watch once…it’s good enough to watch 500 more times.  So we’re a little Pooh’d out in [...]

I feel like I’ve known today’s featured mom for a long time but really we’ve only interacted online.  Leah has a wonderful blog and is active on twitter in addition to her handmade jewelry shop.  She’s been a sincere and engaging personality and I’m so pleased that our paths have crossed.  I decided to showcase her today so that you [...]

MAGGIE Maggie sucked in her lips. Steam rose from the kettle as saturated tea leaves floated down in the blue stained teapot.  The last of the tea. When she’d have the energy to get more, who knew? Turning, she gazed at the fly-specked calendar. May 5! Three days till her birthday. How old would she be? Well, didn’t matter. Sam [...]

“A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.”  — Charles Brower Today’s Muse is a simple reminder to protect your ideas, as you would protect your children. The quote speaks to how [...]

I realized today that I’ve been kidding myself for a long time.  Every year I get a new daytimer.  Every year I write out a few things and then….. It sits untouched for months. I started thinking that maybe I wasn’t a planner type person all along.  Maybe I don’t need a plan.  Maybe I’m an impulsive spur of the [...]

Writing Maternal Spark has been an incredible experience so far.  I have come to know some fantastic people – many of them write blogs of their own.  Recently there has been a lot of talk about mom blogs and what is acceptable and what isn’t and how their authors should conduct themselves. There was this post, and this one and [...]

Wow, it’s Monday again already!  This week I have something special to share.  I’ve been teaching Little H how to write the letter “H”.  At first I drew it for her chanting “One line, Two lines and one in the middle!” Then I drew the two vertical lines and asked her to draw the horizontal one in the middle.  She [...]