May 2024 be our happiest and most wonderful year yet! New Year’s blessings for all…and may they last all year long.

May 2024 be our happiest and most wonderful year yet! New Year’s blessings for all…and may they last all year long.

Happy Thanksgiving. Today I’m sharing a Thanksgiving meditation on first frost. How it destroys and preserves, and what it teaches us about creativity, love, and gratitude.
Sharon Wray shares a recipe for Dutch Apple Cake which appears in Washington Irving’s classic short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. A cake eaten by Icacod Crane right before he was beheaded by the Headless Horseman.
As summer fades and fall approaches, we need gentle creative routines to keep our muse alive without burnout. From reflection to ritual, this final post in the Midsummer Writers series describes how to carry midsummer’s inspiration into the cozy, productive season ahead.
Spring Cleaning isn’t just for closets and windowsills. Your writing desk deserves a fresh start, too. Clear the clutter, invite in creativity, and make your workspace as inspiring as the stories you can’t wait to tell. Your muse deserves a clean, fragrant space, and so do you.
Sharon Wray’s A Study in Summer is an essay of hope that reminds us of the sheer pleasure in simple things like playing hide and seek amongst the flowers.
These final days of summer are the perfect time for writers, artists, and creatives to step back and recharge. There is power in rest, in the beauty of in-between seasons, and how quiet moments can reignite inspiration before the busy fall rush.