Promises of May
I don't know about you, but when May comes, I start to feel FINALLY like I am shedding my winter self and donning my spring self for real. Yes, spring has already arrived and the evidence of it is all around here in the Pacific Northwest but I think we start to get sunnier days and the days are noticeably longer. I spent April writing poetry like I usually do for National Poetry Month. I am part of a group on Facebook that gets a prompt each day and everyone writes a poem to the prompt. It is fun to read others' poetry and hear what resonates with others about mine. More on this in another post. Four days ago I received the SPARK - that one Liz Gilbert talks about in her book Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear. It is a nudge that seems to come out of nowhere and all of a sudden that is all you can think about, it sparks interest and joy, it makes you want to cancel all of your plans and do this thing above all else. I think I have my book. More on that later. I am going to ...