I’m a habitual and organized sort, traits I wear with ease. They minimize life’s wrinkles, give it a good look and feel and keep chaos at bay. Attempts to be otherwise would be futile. Routine and organization are the warp and weft in the fabric that makes me, me. It’ll be no surprise then that I’ve worked out in gyms three mornings a week for over half my life. Cardio, weights, and stretching. While gravity, grey hair, crepey skin, and… Read more »
“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you was?” asked major league pitcher Satchel Paige. I like his query, even with its murdered conjugation, because it evokes another intriguing question – who would you be if you didn’t know who you were? Too often I hear people bemoaning their age wishing they were 20, 30 or 40 again. Why, I wonder? Is it being younger they miss or what they did when they were younger they… Read more »
Foiled plans invite creativity. It’s a significant phenomenon and a welcome guest especially when I want something badly enough. You may know it as “necessity is the mother of invention.” It certainly wasn’t a necessity for me to have two small 10” diameter real greenery Christmas wreaths, but I did want them badly. Last year I was ecstatic when I found downsized versions of the ubiquitous larger wreaths at Maegog’s farm stand in Salem, a mere couple miles from our… Read more »
It seemed appropriate to follow the inaugural post with one about the blog’s background design since it’s the foundation that gives My Life With Creativity, well, life. I don’t like spending the majority of my day on the computer so I was incredulous at how obsessed I had become working on getting the blog setup. Entire afternoons would zip by as I sat reading, learning, customizing, occasionally cursing, and constantly tweaking with no concept of how long I’d been plastered… Read more »
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