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May is my Favorite Month

 May is one of my favorite months. It means spring is in full swing and summer is almost here. It is the month I married my always entertaining husband, I had my first book published, and this blog started. I am currently in the process of recovering the first book I had published and the 4 other books in that series. I like what my cover designer has come up with so far. I'll be doing a series

Minimal water, Maximum Beauty … Michal Scott

You never know what stereotypes or preconceived notions you haveuntil they hit you in the face. As a transplanted Northeastern to the SouthwestI hadn’t realized I thought everything would be tumbleweed, cacti and lots andlots of dirt and dust. Never had I imagined snow. But at least it’s gone bynoon.So imagine my wonder at the varied plants and trees I found notjust in my neighborhood but

Nurturing that Creative Spirit

I've spent many years living in cities all over the world. Racing through life at a frantic pace. Never enough hours in the day. Rush. Rush. Rush.But at heart I'm a girl with her roots in the countryside, and as I've aged I've come to appreciate the stillness and calm of wide open spaces.I've just spent a month in New Mexico. I was a houseguest of my best friend who lives on the side of a

Nature is Full of Surprises by Sarah Raplee McDermed

One of the coolest things about the natural world is that it's full of surprises. Some are very positive.Like when an opossum builds a nest in your bushes and you worry about your pets' safety. So you Google "opossums" and learn they eat all kinds of pests, are resistant to rabies and have a live-and-let-live agreement with cats. They are terrified of dogs and will avoid them at all costs. Who

The Making of a Rabidly Green Earthgirl by Heather Miche...

 The Making of a Rabidly Green Earthgirl by Heather Michet“Hey Karen?!” asks my 85-year-old friend Ralph.“Yes, pop,” she replies.“Do you suppose Heather was a hippie?”Karen smiles broadly, answering “Dad…Heather IS a hippie!!”I don’t know what qualified me as a hippie in Ralph’s eyes, but it may have been how closely and mindfully I live on the earth.Living through the California drought in the ‘

On Becoming An Earthgirl by Heather Michet

 The Making of a Rabidly Green Earthgirl“Hey Karen?!” asks my 85-year-old friend Ralph.“Yes, pop,” she replies.“Do you suppose Heather was a hippie?”Karen smiles broadly, answering “Dad…Heather IS a hippie!!”I don’t know what qualified me as a hippie in Ralph’s eyes, but it may have been how closely and mindfully I live on the earth.Living through the California drought in the ‘70s, the energy

City Mouse, meet Country Mouse...Peggy Jaeger

 For this month's theme, I had to dig deep. Not exactly an unknown occurrence for me, lol.I'm not a nature girl.At all.I'm a city chick to the max despite the fact I live in the woods and am an inveterate hermit and introvert.Give me a fifty-floor high rise in the center of New York City, overlooking the Battery on one side, Central Park on the other and I feel home.The 24-hour bright street

The Power of Getting Outdoors: Breeding Creativity ... Delsora Lowe

Writing takes a special kind of creativity and tons ofwork. Writing means continual learning - everything from correct grammar, to researching your storytopics and locations, as well as learning the tools of the trade fromcharacterization, to correct flow of a fictional work, to dozens of other rulesand implied rules of creative writing. Then one must also understand thedifferences in

Unnatural Nature

Hi, I'm Pippa Jay, author of scifi and supernatural stories to engage your emotions.Coming from and working in a scientific area, I do try to base at least some of my writing on actual or at least theoretical science to give it some realism. For example, my blue-skinned hero, Keir. Did you know there was actually an entire family of blue-skinned people in Kentucky? The discolouration was caused

Nature Heals and Inspires by Lynn Lovegreen

Growing up in Alaska, nature was always within reach. I had a mountain view, ravens in the trees, and moose wandering though the neighborhood as long as I can remember. Over the years, I’ve been lucky enough to visit many places on other people’s bucket lists, like Prince William Sound and Denali National Park. I have treasured those memories. But I have to admit that I found a new appreciation