It became clear to me recently that I cannot fully separate myself from my Fear. It was likely always clear, only now I’m accepting it too. My stifling companion on my life journey. Fear. Champion excuse maker for not writing or not [WHATEVER GOES HERE]. lots to say but i can’t The glaring truth, (that [...]
fight the power no more
Posted 13 February 2011 by Shari SmothersTagged As: powerful fear, using fear | Categories: Creativity | 2 Comments
my weekend in never-never land
Posted 2 February 2011 by Shari SmothersTagged As: family, freely engaging, play, releasing creativity | Categories: Creativity | Leave a Comment
One great morning last month, my brother called to invite me to babysit my niece and nephew. Quickly, I switched gears and rushed my activities Friday morning because it’s important to have a little fun. Morning was for work search. I had to skip tweeting for the most part, and instant messaging with my friends [...]
getting concrete about blog practices
Posted 11 January 2011 by Shari SmothersTagged As: blog guideline, blogging, Journal, planning | Categories: Journal | Leave a Comment
off to a rocky start Last night, my computer was still quite wonky. I decided to reboot the modem since I’d done the virus scanning and defragging. But I had to wait until today because my eyelids were too heavy to press through the short steps. This morning, things were still bad online, so I [...]
with a heavy heart
Posted 9 January 2011 by Shari SmothersTagged As: essay, reflection | Categories: Just Writing Through | Leave a Comment
My heart is heavy today. My view of some of my countrymen diminished. My hopes for my people strained. Words matter. Words are heavy with power and we can sling them effortlessly flinging our fury out into the world for any to hear, draw from, interpret. And when these words inspire actions deemed horrific and cause children [...]
holidays under the weather
Posted 26 December 2010 by Shari SmothersTagged As: digital non-verbal communication, holiday | Categories: Journal | Leave a Comment
So, Christmas day is put to rest well. I have fond memories of fun times with my family and good visits with friends and family on Facebook. It was fun watching the children play, and watching the family interact with the kids. The food, as always, was great: the turkey, honey-baked ham, spinach and artichoke [...]
if viruses respected calendars…
Posted 23 December 2010 by Shari SmothersTagged As: catching a bug, losing my voice | Categories: Journal | Leave a Comment
…they likely wouldn’t come at all. Or maybe they do respect calendars but only their own and pre-Christmas is on their agenda. It’s been a very long two weeks with much to do and little time to get my thoughts fully focused. Not that there wasn’t enough time, mind you. I’m just in slow motion [...]
now available: pebbles in my shoes
Posted 10 December 2010 by Shari SmothersTagged As: PiMS, renewing a dream, selling online | Categories: Business | Leave a Comment
Actually, Pebbles in My Shoes has been available online since it came out in 2004. For the first time, I’ve decided to sell it on my work website. So, if you click the book, it will take you the order section that is at the bottom of The Word ‘Mage book page. This is hopefully [...]
thanksgiving, wow!
Posted 24 November 2010 by Shari SmothersTagged As: end of year reflection, Gratitude | Categories: Journal | Leave a Comment
It’s amazing that it’s already here. I saw it coming, and yet when I take a closer look at the year, it flew by. There have been some really fun things and serious things that have helped the time pass for me. While the first part of the year was moderate, the second half just [...]
my november writing frenzy
Posted 20 November 2010 by Shari SmothersTagged As: | Categories: Journal | Leave a Comment
It’s been crazy busy for me this past week. I’ve had a lot of fun. And a lot of home business to catch up on. My house guest, (my friend Stephanie from home) came to visit for the week. We got into all the bad things we do together, eating all the wrong foods, shopping, [...]
family feels good in my head
Posted 25 October 2010 by Shari SmothersTagged As: family, Gratitude, my daddy | Categories: Journal | 1 Comment
big doings this past weekend saturday, a wedding day On Saturday, my cousin Kristin got married to David in a picture perfect wedding. Our family came from near and far, to attend the wedding. Her Uncle Kirk performed the wedding ceremony. Her dad gave her away. Her proud mom was there, beaming. Her big brother [...]
