Category: writing
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Freedom in Daily Choices
I just finished the last session of the Shift Your Biz online course. It was excellent! I learned a lot, and I’m still integrating some of the lessons. One of the most practical and profound for me, though was about re-framing your daily actions as ones you are choosing to do. Linda and Dani, in…
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Starcat’s Favorites: Motivation
After a week and a half of sinus headaches, wacky hormones, and feeling generally in low spirits, my motivation is finally returning. Phew! Towards the end of the week, I was feeling creative and productive. Here are some of the things I’ve been working on, along with links for your perusal. On the advice of…
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Um, Wanna Buy a Book?
I’ve had some really excellent initial feedback about my book, Starcat’s Corner: Essays on Pagan Living. It came out last month. I was really excited for the release, and then my energy just seemed to sort of stall. You see, I’m facing a steep learning curve. In the publishing world, and particularly with small to…
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Starcat’s Favorites: A Dream Fulfilled!
I’m extremely delighted to report that one of my most cherished and long-held dreams has come true! I am, in fact, a published author. I created a book, Starcat’s Corner: Essays on Pagan Living. I can now hold it in my hands, thumb through it, admire it on the bookshelf…wow. Just wow. I’m filled with…
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A Blast From the Past
In the process of writing the preface for my book (yeah, it’s Starcat’s Corner: Essays on Pagan Living, hope you’re not sick of hearing about it yet! hee hee), I was looking back over my journal from 2005, getting back in the mindset of my adventure at Vermont Witch Camp, which was when the book…
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Giving Myself a Boost
My back is feeling much better, thanks for asking! The all-natural cure included time, gentle yoga, rest, Reiki, heat and cold, and swimming. ElvenTiger gave me a great massage, too. She’s got the healing touch, for certain. I’m really enjoying July thus far. I overdid it in June – I just had too much running…
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Starcat’s Favorites: Slowing Down
I’m sitting in a comfy chair, hot water bottle on my lower back, laptop on my lap, summer breezes caressing me through the open windows. It’s a very slowed-down version of the Friday I had planned. Yesterday I hurt my lower back. This is a new one for me. I know lots of people who…
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My Half-Year Check-In
Is it hard for you to believe that we’re already halfway through 2012? It is for me. So I thought I’d do a check-in on how I’m doing with my goals for this year. Not in a judgemental way (or at least, I’ll try not to be that way), but more to see what’s going…
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Book Work and Hiking
Today, thanks to a conversation with a friend who asked just the right question, I reserved the domain name for a new website. I was telling him about my book contract, and he wanted to know if I had a website for it yet. Aha! I didn’t, but I soon will. I reserved www.starcatscorner.com (don’t…
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Why Drumming Helps With My Writing
Feline Drummers at the Watch City Festival in Waltham, MA 5/12/12 photo by Jennifer Wright Owen Elven Tiger and I are taking a drawing class at our homeschool co-op, based on the book “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain” by Betty Edwards. At this point in my life, I’ve done lots of meditation,…