by Margaret | Mar 21, 2019 | process
Happy Ostara, friends! Yesterday was the Vernal (Spring) Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, which means we observe Ostara until sundown today. What does that mean? Well, it’s personal for each of us. I haven’t been here on the blog for a while but I have...
by Margaret | Jan 14, 2019 | process
Milestones Ah, January. Don’t we all love the sparkle of resolutions in the darkness of winter?? Many of my friends do an annual assessment of their goals/dreams/habits at the end of the year, a new way to approach New Year’s Resolutions that I love to gab...
by Margaret | Oct 29, 2018 | process, writing life
As part of my observing pagan rituals for the past year… (Have I lost anyone yet? No? Perfect.) …I get the opportunity to celebrate the cycle of birth and death much more often than most people. If you read up on the ancient Celts, it seems like every...
by Margaret | Oct 21, 2018 | process, writing life
WOW, I didn’t realize my last post was about Summer Solstice, and here’s Winter Solstice coming right up! (with Samhain this week!) Things have been changing here at TLT, and I have been as busy as all get-out. We’re steering into quieter times...
by Margaret | Mar 5, 2018 | creativity, process
Sometimes, we Authors & Artists can get discouraged. No call-backs Stuck in a rut Feeling uninspired Feeling unheard Feeling depleted Feeling snowed-under Maybe we put a good front on it, with chirpy social media posts and devil-may-care tosses of the head, but...
by Margaret | Feb 26, 2018 | creativity, process
I’ve just finished Dies The Fire, a dystopian thriller set in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. In it **mini-spoiler alert** something causes all electricity to stop working at the same moment. Lots of reactionary, ‘worst-of-humanity’ debacles follow...
