Category: Writing

Going walkabout…

Pam contemplates the concept of "going walkabout” and asks for a term of … equal power … for a Canadian Woman going off to wander and wonder.

Shortest Day…Taking the Leap

“We are on the cliff, ready to commit to moving forward—leaping into uncertainty, and burning our bridges behind us if necessary.”

good times ~p

Walking My Way to Water: Week 12 – Faith – Learning to Trust Your Own Process

Take it in Stride - the road.

Another week of… Letting it be. Letting myself be. Trusting the process by which I work. Trusting that it will all work out in the end…. artistically.

Walking My Way to Water: Week 11 – Autonomy – Do what YOU do

Hullo Sweeties… Sunday Sunday… a glorious Sunday day.  Much walking.  Much sitting outside.  And now… a zip through this week’s play in The Artist’s Way. Week 11, for me, has been all about… re-affirming that it is not only OK to “do what I… Continue Reading “Walking My Way to Water: Week 11 – Autonomy – Do what YOU do”

Walking My Way To Water Week 10 – Knowing Who You Are

Wherein Pam ponders the ways that each of us map out our own particular Creative Landscapes…with nods to Pizzolatto (True Detective) and Sorkin (Newsroom).

Walking My Way To Water Week 9 – Compassion and Calling Things By Their True Names

Wherein Pam encourages you to… Slow down and listen to your body. See what is really happening with your self and… GIVE THINGS THEIR PROPER NAME.

Walking My Way to Water: Week 8 – Strength – Don’t Let the Bastids Grind You Down!

Hullo Groovy Humans! Sunday again and here I be with the skinny on my week’s work with The Artist’s Way. Week 8 is … chock full o’ goodies and I do believe that this one is going have to revisit this one somewhere down… Continue Reading “Walking My Way to Water: Week 8 – Strength – Don’t Let the Bastids Grind You Down!”

Shake and Bake 89: Contemplating…the Contemplating…

Another quick work/life check in…. When does “living intentionally” slip over into… self-obsession? Enquiring minds want to know….

Walking My Way to Water: Week 7 – Connection (Creatrix/Crafter/WildMind Rampager)

I continue my trip through The Artists Way… gnawing on… the connection to the Creator in our work. And finding the balance between the Craft of Writing and the Free Flow of what I tend to call “wild mind”. Featuring the poet Juan Ramón Jiménez…

Shake and Bake 88: Resetting the Compass

Wherein Pam contemplates how to “keep the faith” on the long long journey that is writing a novel… and gets a kick from the universe to reset her compass and carry on.

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