I have to share a beautiful experience that speaks to the power of the pen to tap into something deeper and older than we can explain. This morning I was reading The Chalice and the Blade by Riane Eisler. I won’t go into all the emotions this book arouses in me but I cannot emphasize [...]
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Trust your pen
Posted in Journaling Techniques & Prompts, Living Authentically, Looking for the Spiritual, Writing & Career, tagged authenticity, inner wisdom, trust, writing on December 2, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Rutland, VT Writers Groups – updated 11/11
Posted in Workshop Offered, Writing & Career, tagged community, writing on November 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Please help me (and our fellow writers) by letting me know about your Vermont writing group or conference. When we first moved back to Vermont I was trying to find a writer’s group to connect with and it wasn’t easy. I did eventually find one through some round-about internet and email networking. Yesterday I noticed [...]
A turret and some (alone) time
Posted in Journaling Techniques & Prompts, Living Authentically, Writing & Career, tagged authenticity, Julia Cameron, mother, writing on November 15, 2011 | 12 Comments »
I’m sitting in my new Writer’s Turret, as I am calling it. It’s actually just a small room we recently created by putting up a dividing wall in our son’s large bedroom. It is a north-facing room and I was concerned that I would feel the lack of light. But with my desk directly next [...]
Tolerating Fear
Posted in Envisioning the Future, Journaling Techniques & Prompts, Living Authentically, Thinking Positively, Writing & Career, tagged anxiety, fear, natalie goldberg, serendipity on July 20, 2011 | 3 Comments »
This is a recycled post from a couple of years ago. With summer in full , hot swing, the kids are home most days of the week leaving me very little chance to write (the beach and my laptop aren’t great friends). I am yearning to write but when I do have a moment I [...]
Trust the process, pt 5 (Everything is connected, 1)
Posted in Journaling Techniques & Prompts, Looking for the Spiritual, Writing & Career, tagged community, goddard college, religion, serendipity, Vermont on September 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Back in May I wrote in this post, Steppingstones to a new life, about how different paths of my life had suddenly come together at juncture, namely, grad school. I was shocked and gob-smacked how the Universe, Serendipity and Synchronicity got together presented me with this and amazing and timely opportunity. But these three tricksters [...]
I write to know I Am
Posted in It's all About Me, Living Authentically, Writing & Career, tagged authenticity, purpose, writing on July 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The following post is recycled. I happened upon it this morning and it seemed appropriate today to re-post. I have been evaluating my Purpose lately and bottom line is: I need to write. I have no choice in this matter, it is my calling, my need, my salvation. Denying it would be like dragging my [...]
Quoting Christina: We write.
Posted in Life, Home & Community, Living Authentically, Writing & Career, tagged authenticity, Christina Baldwin, writing on July 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »
What I think we are up to, we throngs of journal-writing pilgrims, is reclamation. We are searching for ways to reclaim a sense of place, a sense of empowerment, a sense of healthy relationship between our lives and our times. We look for whatever can help us make sense of the moment. We Write. (Christina [...]
Because I have been taking myself too seriously…
Posted in It's all About Me, Life, Home & Community, Living Authentically, Writing & Career on June 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I realized something this morning. I miss writing. While I write something everyday – my journal, an article or just a facebook status (does that count?) – I miss what I do best (humble, I know): Write. I loved everything about blogging when I began writing at jlucymuses.blogspot.com. My days and activities were all potential [...]
New Writing and Wellness Center Opens
Posted in Envisioning the Future, Journaling Techniques & Prompts, Thinking Positively, Writing & Career, tagged manifesting dreams, perspectives on May 19, 2010 | 9 Comments »
New Writing and Wellness Center Opens By: Joanna Young, Reporter for Wisdom Within, Ink Rutland, Vermont: In the midst of Rutland City, there is a tiny haven. It stands behind a fence on a residential street and started life as a garage. However, it now heeds a higher calling. The Writer’s Refuge is a place [...]
Steppingstones to a new life
Posted in It's all About Me, Journaling Techniques & Prompts, Living Authentically, Looking for the Spiritual, Memoir, Writing & Career, tagged Healing, journaling, religion, serendipity, steppingstones, writing on May 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday morning in my journal I wrote: I am blessed with abundance. I am blessed with the answer. I am a magnet to all the resources I need. What is the answer? I need to know what path to go down today. This morning I wrote: Oh, lawd! I feel like a puzzle piece just [...]





