Originally Blogging the Artist's Way. Thoughts, musings, experience of the 12-week course, January to March 2006. And after that?.... Life, creativity, writing. Where does it all meet? Here, perhaps.
Feast or Famine! My fridge
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)14 Dec 2008 at 1:50 pm
Caroline asked me a question arising from my Sunday Scribblings post, which featured angels gathered from about my house. She's visited, and knew there was something else that people give me. That's butterflies. Butterfly pictures, butterfly mugs. Butterfly bookmarks. Glass butterflies to hang in the window... lots of butterflies.
There's even one on my fridge. I popped over to her blog, Caro's Lin ... read more
Sunday Scribbling: "I knew Instantly..."
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)14 Dec 2008 at 9:16 am
Dear friends of the Sunday Scribbling community (and beyond). I've been on the "missing list" for over a month, and some of you have been kind enough to leave a comment, or to email asking am I doing OK, and letting me know that you were thinking of me. I'm doing fine, but have taken my energy away from blogging during the past while for a number of reasons; chiefly the process of mourning the los ... read more
Sunday Scribbling: Change
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)9 Nov 2008 at 8:33 am
Some things that have changed in my life:
Where I live: From province to province to province, from town to town
Who I live with: From my family of origin, to my grandmother; then to living alone, sometimes with flatmates; then with my husband... husband and son... then with my son; with just Trixie; then alone, as now.
What I eat,
What I wear,
Shape of my body,
Colour of my hair,
My religion
My work
Marit ... read more
A Sunday Stroll
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)19 Oct 2008 at 5:12 pm
Some moments from last Sunday's stroll around Glenveagh national park, Castle and gardens:
The rear of the castle and part of the kitchen garden
This tree smells of caramel. Honest, it does! When you kick the leaves, you can smell penny toffees. Glorious!
Isn't the cottage just dinky? I can't decide whether I'd prefer to live in the castle or the cottage!
Did you get out for a stroll? where did yo
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Sunday Scribblings: Another time in history
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)11 Oct 2008 at 7:29 am
This week at Sunday Scribblings, the prompt runs: If I had to live at a different time in history... Here's one of those imagination games that I find so much fun. The exercise this week is to decide what era in history you would choose to live in if you couldn't live now. Not just when, but why? While you're at it, how about where? What do you imagine life would be like?
Ah... After a conversation ... read more
When you come to the End of a Perfect Day - Sunday Scribblings - "Wedding"
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)28 Sep 2008 at 7:21 am
This Week's prompt from Sunday Scribblings, in honour of the wonderful Megg, who is being married soon, is "Wedding". How often do I begin my scribblings with a ramble about how I didn't think I'd be writing anything on that prompt, and then....? I really didn't think I'd be writing anything this week. Well... my marriage didn't endure, and so I'm often inclined to use the "F-word" about it... No,
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Sunday Scribbling: Coffee
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)14 Sep 2008 at 5:02 am
Coffee?
Yes, please. No sugar. Just a little milk. Not foamed, whipped, heated or fussed with. Just cold from the jug. Non-fat at home. Low-fat if you have it. But if not, regular milk is fine. I just won't make the mistake I made during my first trip to the States - wondering why their half-fat milk tasted so creamy, so, so creamy. Half-and-half had found its way into, not just my coffee, but cere ... read more
Post Number 300!!! A list meme I've never done
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)8 Sep 2008 at 7:05 am
Laume put this meme on her blog today. I've seen it around quite a few times, but today, for my 300th post here, I've decided to just do this. Would you like to join in? Let me know if you have!
(my comments are in italics)
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Here we present a list. Highlight those tasks that you have accomplished in your life. And then add a new task to the list of something memorable that you've done that isn' ... read more
Sunday Scribbling: Miracle
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)7 Sep 2008 at 6:59 am
Time passes. That is no miracle. That is what time does. Sometimes, the most mundane, ordinary things can seem like a miracle. Like, you can climb into a giant metal tube, sit in it for a couple of hours, and when you climb out, instead of leaden grey skies above you, you might see something like this:
You lie down. You feel the warmth of the sun on your skin, soaking into your bones. You sigh. Ma
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Sunday Scrbblings: Observations
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)17 Aug 2008 at 6:25 pm
Sunday is almost done, so if I want to post something while it's still actually sunday, then I'd want to make it pretty quick.
Observation of self: I've noticed that I've hesitated to come post anything here. See the gap? Well, I haven't been home all the time, that's true, but I've been about some of the time, and still haven't posted. And the why is connected to returning to "normal"; a sense tha ... read more
Life Goes On
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)6 Aug 2008 at 6:51 am
I've been in touch with many of the people who offered their sympathies on my mother's passing, but there may be some of you I've missed, who've wondered how I've been.
It's four weeks today since her death, and life does indeed, go on. My sister has just become a step-granny! A beautiful baby girl has entered this world, and we welcome her!...It has seemed strange to me at times over these weeks ... read more
Poem
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)1 Aug 2008 at 8:18 am
For Death
(by John O'Dohohue)
From the moment you were born,
Your death has walked beside you.
Though it seldom shows its face,
You still feel its empty touch
When fear invades your life,
Or what you love is lost
Or inner damage is incurred...
That the silent presence of your death
Would call your life to attention,
Wake you up to how scarce your time is
And to the urgency to become free
And equal to the call ... read more
"Grief is a journey that knows its way"
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)31 Jul 2008 at 3:57 am
When I wrote last week about what gives me solace, a couple of people who commented suggested that I might read some of John O'Donohue's writings. I recall the poem, "Beannacht", which Cate included in her blog tribute to him just after his passing. Lila suggested I read his poem about death walking with us, and, though I have encountered it in the past, I cannot find it right now. The only one of ... read more
Solace...... Sunday Scribblings
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)26 Jul 2008 at 6:04 am
Over at Sunday Scribblings, this week, they ask: "In what do you find solace? What place is solace for you? Where do you go in yourself or outside of yourself when you need comfort or consolation? Why do you seek solace? What does it mean for you?"
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I so often find that the prompt is apt to what's going on for me at any given time, but today, that word is more than ... read more
Loss
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)14 Jul 2008 at 6:24 am
My dear friends,
I am saddened... heartbroken, to share with you the news that my mother passed away last Wednesday, 9th July. But within the sadness there is so much to be grateful for; there are and have been so many blessings showered on me and my family over these past days; there is a sense of absolute assurance that her soul is progressing now, free from the limitations of this physical world ... read more
Whale-watching
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)2 Jul 2008 at 1:03 am
Well... if you saw that cloud, wouldn't you pull over to take the picture too?And now that I look at the photo, what about the figure in the top-left?
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Here I am!!!
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)30 Jun 2008 at 1:35 pm
Well, the first leg of my US sojourn this year is coming to an end, and I've just checked emails ready to re-enter the real world after a weekend of retreat with new SoulCollage facilitators at the beautiful Land of Medicine Buddha in Soquel, Northern California. Bliss. So hello to all my new SoulCollage sisters (30 participants - all women!), to all my friends, in Blogland and the real world! Wi ... read more
I'm going back...
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)23 Jun 2008 at 9:12 am
My appearances here are likely to be even more sporadic than normal from now until August. I'm packing for my trip to the US, and am e-x-c-i-t-e-d!!! I do hope to be able to catch up now and again with what's going on in Blogland, but can't be sure about that - and part of me wants to stay in the Real World while I'm there as much as possible, so I may choose to stay at a remove from Blogs for tha ... read more
The Truth
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)16 Jun 2008 at 1:58 pm
I've learnt a lot about myself and about life since my marriage ended more than 5 years ago. I've learnt to accept a lot about myself, and one of those things is that I have my own timing on certain tasks, and it's not right or wrong. It just is how it is. In my own good time, I become ready to do something that last week, last month or last year I wasn't ready to do. Why? Dunno.
And the mystery is ... read more
Sunday Scribblings: Guide
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)15 Jun 2008 at 4:27 am
The prompt suggested at Sunday Scribblings today is "Guide". I've been tossing a couple of ideas for posts around, but this morning, as I begin to write, I'm thinking too about the fact that today is Fathers' Day, and about what kind of a guide my father has been in my life.
My Dad will be 86 next Saturday. He was born at the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year. He was raised on a little p ... read more
June Honeymoon - Celebrating a special Bride
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)14 Jun 2008 at 4:54 am
Terri, at her Tinker Art blog is hosting a special gathering today - a celebration of brides. The past two years have seen three special weddings in my family. My neice ,Nicola, married John in September 2006. My nephew, Glenn, married Claire in July of last year, but I know they will all forgive me if I tell you the most special bride in my life has to be my sister Aileen. She married Mike in Sep ... read more
Friday's Feast #193
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)13 Jun 2008 at 1:15 pm
AppetizerDo you consider yourself to be an optimist or a pessimist?
I consider myself very much an optimist. Usually. Unless I'm afraid something's going to go wrong. No... seriously... I'm an optimist, and luckily, I'm usually right!
Soup
What is your favorite color of ink to write with?
I love purple pens, but I don't always write with them. When I buy a refill for one of my Cross pens, it's a fine ... read more
Stars
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)12 Jun 2008 at 5:37 pm
Do you know about this Mother's project? Jillian Curtis is a home-schooling mother who wants her children to know and to play a part in ensuring that others do not forget about the Holocaust.
There was a recent email campaign claiming that the subject of the Holocaust would be removed from UK schools' curriculum. These emails were false, but they did bring home to many the importance of teaching ou ... read more
Why I Write
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)12 Jun 2008 at 9:42 am
Becca, of Becca's Byline, has kicked-off her summer series on writing with a question and an invitation to post our answers on our own blogs, linking back to her "Write on Wednesday" feature.
Her question this week is "Why in the world do you come to the page?"
I've never answered that question in any way that I haven't found someone else had already done more eloquently already. It seems that it is ... read more
Yarn
by melmag@eircom.net (GreenishLady)7 Jun 2008 at 9:50 am
My friend Kate is a yarn addict, and I am an enabler. She loves the variety of types of yarn that you can get in the US. People there still enjoy knitting with fine, fine yarns. Here, it's much easier to buy chunkier types of yarn, not so easy to find what she likes to play with - lace-weight, sock-weight. People in the US enjoy knitting socks. Not so much here. So, my mission last year was to buy ... read more