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Sharing Our Hearts Can Be Dangerous, But Not Sharing them Is a Crime

July 17, 2023
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Here is my short list of FEEL GOOD ideas I hope will inspire you!  1.  Sharing our hearts through creativity can be dangerous but not sharing them is a crime. This…

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Some of the Most Brilliant Artists in History Were WOO-WOO and Not Afraid to Show It

July 17, 2023
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(See the goddess Lakshmi above depicted receiving the divine assistance of pachyderms! – Image Metropolitan Museum) I’m a HUGE fan of collaborating with spirit in my life + creative work. …

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W is for Waterboarding: The Gifts of Facing Your Fears at Book Club

July 10, 2023
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With time, we become grateful for absolutely everything because we realize it has set us free.   ~message from a spider 🕷 friend. It sounded harmless.  It was a book club,…

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Woo-Woo was Used By Some of the Most Brilliant People in History, You’re in Good Company!

July 8, 2023
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Dear Creators of WONDER and MAGIC- I’m extremely grateful to be HERE in your inbox and I dream that what you find here encourages and uplifts you. Here is my…

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Choose Your Closest Friends LIke You’re Going to War

July 4, 2023
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Art by me. Purchase original HERE. Here is my short list of FEEL GOOD ideas I hope will inspire you! 1. Choose Your Closest Friends Like You’re Going to War.…

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Nine Ways to Embrace Challenges In Your Midlife Female Friendships

June 26, 2023
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Fostering friendship and connection in your  life is one of the most powerful things you can do for your wellbeing if you are a woman’s or identify as female.  “For…

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When The Going Gets Tough There’s Ceremony

June 25, 2023
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Here is my short list of FEEL GOOD ideas I hope will inspire you! 1. When the Going Gets Tough, There’s Ceremony.  There’s a reason that our culture has ceremonies…

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The Power of Sacred Pilgrimage and Water Ceremony from the Ganges River

June 19, 2023
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Pilgrimage: A long and arduous journey to a holy place for the purpose of renewing a sense of purpose, or to pray for a miracle.   In the early years of…

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Write Your Bravest Book!

June 19, 2023
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Here is my short list of FEEL GOOD ideas I hope will inspire you!  1. Ready to write your bravest book? Take long walks in your neighborhood or do your…

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Finding A Way Forward When You Are Feeling Stuck: A Simple Method

June 5, 2023
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(art: The Bears Are Waking Up by me, prints and more here.) My four kids were finally asleep by 7:30 pm. With Justin Bieber cranked to eleven, I sat in…

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Five Good Things!

June 3, 2023
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1. Saturday June 3rd will be the full moon.  I just discovered a new astrologer I think you might like too-  she’s bookish and wise! I really loved this reading for…

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What Letting Go REALLY Looks Like

May 31, 2023
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Here is my short list of FEEL GOOD ideas I hope will inspire you!  1. I’m Out of the Ditch and I’ve Discovered Cheese Sauce:  I mentioned a few weeks…

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A Few Rules that Make Being Creative Easier

May 26, 2023
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I’ve noticed that I feel so safe here with you! I think it’s because you have said YES to receiving this email and we must share at least one thing: a…

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How I Began Painting and Why Painting Matters

May 18, 2023
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What in your life is calling you, When all the noise is silenced, The meetings adjourned… The lists laid aside, And the Wild Iris blooms By itself In the dark…

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A Mini Near Death Experience Can Be A Gift

May 8, 2023
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Here is my short list of FEEL GOOD ideas I hope will inspire you! 1.  I WANT TO BE FULL CODE.  After returning from Japan, I began the physically +…

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Japan Makes the Sacred Visible

May 1, 2023
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Here is my short list of FEEL GOOD ideas I hope will inspire you! 1. Make the Sacred Visible. I am just back from Japan with my friend Monique, and…

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Sitting with Those Who Are Dying Is A Blessing

April 19, 2023
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Here is my short list of FEEL GOOD ideas I hope will inspire you! 1.  Sitting with Those Who Are Dying is a Blessing.  As my sister Maria, my dad’s…

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Carrying the Love Forward

March 26, 2023
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Greetings friends! My mom was forever buying my sister @mariabamfordcomedy and I “good coats” so that in case they died (on vacation), we would be prepared for their funeral. As…

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How to Capture Creative Ideas and Begin a Project

March 20, 2023
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Here is my short list of FEEL GOOD ideas I hope will inspire you! 1. Wrestling butterflies is hard work.  Sometimes I have so many ideas- or whispers of them anyway—-it…

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Living Together Apart: How Sleeping Apart Just Might Improve A Relationship

February 27, 2023
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(image above: My Solo Bedroom) 1. LIVING TOGETHER APART. Last summer I did a series of 100 digital illustrations about self- respecting boundaries.  That 100 days was incredibly potent and happened…

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Declaring Winter is OVER

February 16, 2023
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(original art and prints available HERE) I’m extremely grateful that you have come to visit me here and I dream that what you find here encourages and uplifts you. My…

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It’s time TO OWN

January 25, 2023
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“My Other Mother” When my mom (that’s her mustard jar holding the flowers) was in her dying process we had a stolen moment and she shared with my that she…

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My Fighter Name is SUPERSARAH!

January 19, 2023
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Happy New Year from Us to YOU!  (photo taken by our daughter Josephine!) Here are 5 Things that FEEL GOOD to me, I hope they inspire you too! 1. REDDIT MIGHT…

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Screwing Up Is Sacred

January 4, 2023
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Five FEEL GOOD Ideas from Me! 1. Screwing up is SACRED.  This weekend I was at a spiritual retreat and was reminded of the great sacredness of humor. We had…

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HELLO AND 5 FEEL GOOD IDEAS!

December 22, 2022
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For those of you who are newish here, salutations!  I’m Sarah. I like to thrift hard! Free furniture on the roadside makes my heart go pitter patter and my imagination SOAR.…

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33 things that made my year in 2022

December 11, 2022
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Art by me from my “Summer of No” 100 Day Project!  Find out why I love these projects so much and do one of your own!  Some things about aging…

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The Process of Doing Our Creative Work Alters Us In Beautiful Ways. 

November 27, 2022
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“Your smile reminds me of chrysanthemums on a summer day in early June when they first bloom, you’re beautiful like violets and marigolds and violets in the afternoon. Like the…

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True Confidence Is Moving Forward In Uncertainty.

November 23, 2022
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“Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers. Let me keep company always with those who say “Look!” and laugh in astonishment, and bow…

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Daring to be Irrelevant Since 1967

November 17, 2022
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1. DARE TO BE IRRELEVANT.  I have these words pinned to the board above my desk to remind me that I do my best work when I focus on what…

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Mindy Kaling Does It and You Should Too!

November 14, 2022
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1. Your Message to the World is UNIQUE.  12 years ago, I really didn’t have an understanding of my special gifts.  Once I got an inkling of what mine was…

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