Dec
20
2009
This has been a good year for meeting people who inspire me. As you may recall, I got to meet my favorite author, Diana Gabaldon.
Then at a 7Nations concert (pretty much the only band I enjoy seeing live) the lead singer and bass player signed my CD.
ETA: I just wanted to add, that if you [...]
Nov
18
2009
One of my beloved Monday Muses, Miss Aimee of Artsyville, recently posted some materials she created for a workshop on lettering she taught at KU.
One of the hand-outs she created was a stream of consciousness instructional “lecture” on how to just let go and create. I am totally stealing her words and applying them to [...]
Oct
26
2009
This will probably be my last MM for a month – NaNoWriMo kicks off at the end of the week; and I must devote all my writing time to achieving my insane literary goal. If you know of any great candidates for a future Monday Muse, tell me in the comments section or send me [...]
Oct
05
2009
I was searching the web for creative Halloween Countdown Calendar ideas when I came across a site I knew would be great for today’s Monday Muse.
Crafty Chicks is a collection of women (mostly Mamas, from what I can tell) who have some of the most wonderful ideas for all things crafty. Currently up on their [...]
Sep
28
2009
Thanks to a recent post on the Pioneer Woman (turns out she’s also the idol of today’s Monday Muse) I learned about Smitty Baby…and am jealous I didn’t think of that idea first! Not the crafty clothes and baby items, I’ll gladly ooh and aah and let someone else design and create those things – [...]
Sep
14
2009
I’m skipping Monday Muse this week – my Children’s Theatre Co. Zip Zap Zing! – is still in its infancy, and started its first fall semester run on classes this afternoon. I was playing the role of multi-tasking maven today to the hilt as I put the finishing touches on the script, double checked all [...]
Sep
08
2009
I was so happy when I found this site, after seeing it advertised over at SmartBitches. It’s like an entire site devoted to the Monday Muse concept! Here, from their About page:
Being a mom and a writer is hard, and the only other people who know just how hard are other Mama Writers. We want [...]
Aug
31
2009
Can I have an amen for the alliteration?
Today’s Monday Muse is Susie Libell, a mom of two chaotic little people (as she prefers to call her punks/heathens/chilluns/epsilons/offspring/etc – please-insert-your-moniker-of-choice here). Susie writes the delightful blog Inner Toddler, in whose words I recognize a kindred spirit: her posts create a catch-all journal of sorts that relive [...]
Aug
25
2009
If it bothers you… forget that it’s Tuesday, and pretend it’s Monday while reading today’s Monday Muse. I first learned of photographer Miss Booshay (aka Donna Boucher) via her guest posts on the Pioneer Woman’s website.
I feel a special kinship to this Muse, based on the simple fact that she has two red-headed daughters [...]
Aug
17
2009
I consider myself a multi-tasking maven…I seem to have always thrived on having half a million things going on at once…but some multi-tasking mamas just put me to shame (like my idol: The Pioneer Woman). I want to know…do these women sleep? As summer comes to a close, I am starting to put together a [...]