Today’s email focused more around the idea of Spending it Forward. The assignment was to: Find something to celebrate (a sunny day; a small victory at work; a personal milestone or a fresh attitude about a problem) and deck the…
Author: innowen
i was adopted. i was born into identity. i have no idea where i came from historically or ethnically. Therefore, i am a culture of myself. All the activities and chapters in my life created who i am today. i am free to select those i deem worthy of being in my family. i do not have to abide by longstanding rules or regulations. i do not have to follow in the footsteps of some long dead relative. i am a culture of myself. What i do, the things i believe in, and the rituals i make... build my identity.
i am connected to nothing at all, and deeply connected to everything around me.
i came from the earth. i am a true child of nature and spirituality. This is my gift.
Review: Buffy and the Heroine’s Journey
Buffy and the Heroine’s Journey by Valerie Estelle Frankel McFarland and Co., 2012 More info at: http://www.vefrankel.com Rating: 3.5 stars Buffy the Vampire Slayer is/was one of my favorite TV shows. I’ll admit, the movie was very cheesy and turned…
Love What You Have: Day Two
Today’s assignment was to choose from three options and then apply that to your life. The option I chose was: Option A: Assess the consumables you have in your home—body care, cleaning products and pantry staples, for instance. Sort them,…
Love What You Have: Day One
I follow many decluttering blogs. It’s one of my goals to have things that I love and only use here at the house. (It also helps my allergies to have less dust laying around.) One of these blogs is called…
Musings on keeping a writer’s journal
Over the past two days, I’ve been going through my tarot and writing playbooks. These disc-bound notebooks contain notes on my business ideas, Works In Process, and other important list and notes that have action items attached to them. I…
Shout out to NaNoWriMo
I wanted to welcome the new visitors from the NaNoWriMo site. The Office of Letters and Light asked me to write a Portland-themed article for their blog tour this year and today they launched my post “Roadtrip to NaNo: Keep…
Runes Book Tour Stop
So, a few months ago I received an ARC for a YA series called Runes by author Ednah Walters. I was blown away by the series, set in my home state of Oregon. A week later, I was asked to…
BayCon Schedule
Greetings from sunny California. I got wrangled in to do BayCon 2013 this year by my friend, Rose, and she got me on several great panels: Friday 1:30 Opening Ceremonies 7:00 Meet the Guests 9:00 Urban Fantasy Themed Reading —…
ARC Review: Runes
I’ve been fortunate to be a book reviewer of all sorts of books, from fiction to metaphysical subjects. I’m hoping to start posting more reviews here on Shades of Maybe. Today’s review is of Runes by Ednah Waters, a ARC…
Make Good Art
There are times, like right now, when I am so steeped in reality that I find it hard to unclench my teeth, and my fists and do what it is that I love doing. It’s been awhile since I really…