Category: Check Ins – Life and Work

A year end offering: A few of my favourite things…

Hullo Sweeties I find myself in a strange, disconnected, space tonight.  I did not sleep well (meaning AT ALL) last night.  I fell into some kind of awful sleep coma from about 8am til 11:30 and emerged from it wishing that I had just… Continue Reading “A year end offering: A few of my favourite things…”

praying…

I will be #Praying with #standingrock at 4pm EST. Care to join me? #WaterIsLife  

spelling…

This morning, I read a blog post that cracked my heart open. Loosing faith by Bethani Jade– On her Self Study blog. In the comments/ Reply section… I wrote: Walking with you. I began a new file today on my typer-machine. Under Spirit — Cries of/from the… Continue Reading “spelling…”

Bethani reminded me….to begin again…

Hullo Sweeties…. Today on Facebook a friend and fellow writer, Bethani Jade, tagged me in a post inviting me to share in a “self-love” writing challenge that she is doing.  It brought up all sorts of….nasty sticky goo for me around my writing practice.… Continue Reading “Bethani reminded me….to begin again…”

I still have healing herbs….

I begged God to let me know, if it were His will, could I please stop writing.  Why?  Well, I know I am just as weak and undeserving–and more so–than I was thirty years ago when God commanded me I should begin. When I… Continue Reading “I still have healing herbs….”

a day in the life…

Hey Look. It’s a really short blog post.

Learning when to let go…and whom to invite in.

Wherein Pam ponders the difficulty of letting go of our work and letting others see it. And stuff…

Riding the Rails West…

Wherein Pam writes while riding the rails West toward St Peter’s Abbey and the beginning of yet ANOTHER reVision of her novel Sanctuary…. With some AWESOME writing quotes and entirely entertaining videos.

Baby’s Got a Brand New Bag!

A brand new year calls for… Brand New Luggage! Made a shift this year.  Lil Red has headed into retirement and I have a new gal joining me.  A purty blue Samsonite.  Bit roomier than red was. Our first trip this year is about to… Continue Reading “Baby’s Got a Brand New Bag!”

Looking forward…a writer prepares…

Wherein Pam sings the praises of her wonderful community of fellow writers (with links) and lays out her exciting new plan to find her way through a new draft of her novel in progress….

Finding My Bearings Now

A post-dramatic approach to breast cancer treatment - by a recovering drama queen

Starting Over

Because there's never enough time to do it right the first time but there's always enough time to do it over

Ailish Sinclair

Stories and photos from Scotland

Cathy Standiford

Historical fiction, poetry, essays

Finding My Bearings Now

A post-dramatic approach to breast cancer treatment - by a recovering drama queen

Starting Over

Because there's never enough time to do it right the first time but there's always enough time to do it over

Ailish Sinclair

Stories and photos from Scotland

Cathy Standiford

Historical fiction, poetry, essays