Archive - Janice’s Substack

Does Your Creative Self Feel Homeless?

Is your life surrounded by a structure that supports your creative self?

Jun 20 •

October 2024

A Dreamer's Heart

collection of poetry

Oct 13, 2024 •

Keeping Hope Alive

As I read of the damage as a result of Hurricane Helene, I think back 20 years ago to October 2004 when Karen, Daniel and I attended our first…

Oct 6, 2024 •

September 2024

May the Beauty of Nature Enrich You

This is one in a series of 200 “Mornings on Fair Oaks Bridge” blog posts written between September 2016 and July 2020.

Sep 23, 2024 •

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of…

Sep 20, 2024 •

Does the River Choose its Course?

Does the river choose its course?

Sep 14, 2024 •

Thoughts from my Inspiration Journal

In a time when it seems there is always FAR too much to do in a day or a week or a month, the concept of slowing down the pace seems near impossible.

Sep 12, 2024 •

July 2024

A "Healthy Relationship"

Jul 24, 2024 •

April 2024

Writing With Ease

Start with a question...

Apr 14, 2024 •

The Whole Picture and the Details

When painters paint and illustrators draw, they learn to observe first.

Apr 7, 2024 •

March 2024

A Lifetime Ticket to Magic as Storytellers Fill Our Heart

At the end of September in 2004, my daughter, son and I began what would become a “once in a lifetime” experience that changed our lives, leaving us…

Mar 31, 2024 •

Value of Letters

Cherished Form of Expression

Mar 24, 2024 •

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