DAISY A. HICKMAN
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Thank you Laurie Buchanan for the Versatile Blogger Award in 2012. Find a link to Laurie's site below.
In May of 2011, this award was given to SunnyRoomStudio by Trish Nicholson, a New Zealand author & photographer. Find a link to her site below.
Thanks, C. Lee McKenzie, for this award in 2010. Find a link to this wonderful young adult author below.
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Thanks, Mary Montague Sikes, for this 2010 award. Find a link to this author below.
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Thank you author C. Lee McKenzie for the Stylish Blogger award in May of 2011.
Category Archives: Writing & Writers
A Sense of Promise
Easter memories. Many of mine are of special moments when life seemed filled with promise. Of course now I understand, that from a spiritual perspective, we are the promise. When young, it seems we think that life’s “promise” is external to “self.” Something we have to find or build, something we have to do, something [...]
Also posted in Art, Inspiration, Meditation, Poetry, Reflection, Spirit, Wisdom Tagged A Sense of Promise, Bertha Morisot, Easter, Edgar A. Guest, flowers, hollyhocks, jim carrey, Kathryn Hall, Plant Whatever Brings You Joy, Poetry Comments closed
The Human Journey
How many people do you really know well? How many of those people “get you?” It’s an interesting question, I think. Don’t we do a lot of shadow dancing in life? Interacting in the superficial sense of things. Relating to people, even relatives, who may as well be perfect strangers. I gave this some thought, [...]
Also posted in Inspiration, Meditation, Reflection, Wisdom Tagged Ann Hood, Cheryl Strayed, Comfort: A Journey Through Grief, Dani Shapiro, Devotion, Halfway to Each Other, Jen Knox, Jonathan Franzen, Laura Munson, Leaving the Hall Light On, Madeline Sharples, memoir, Musical Chairs, relationships, Shirley Showalter, spirituality, Susan Pohlman, The Discomfort Zone, The Memoir and the Memoirist, This is Not the Story You Think It Is, Thomas Larson, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail Comments closed
Interview with Shirley Showalter
A Voice that Sings with Shirley Showalter Somehow, when I launched SunnyRoomStudio in early 2010, I discovered Shirley Hershey Showalter. Intent on writing a memoir of her own one day, she had committed herself to reviewing 100 memoirs. Did she reach her goal? Of course! To say that I was inspired by her approach and [...]
Also posted in Creativity, Studio Guests Tagged 100 Memoirs, author, Fetzer Institute, Gail Sheehy, Goshen College, Mary Oliver, memoir writing, Mennonite, Shirley Showalter, Thomas Merton Comments closed
Spring Notes (5)
Spring Notes (5) Brief meditation posts for spring. Enjoy. As a writer, a poet, I live with my ear to the ground. Listening. Silence being the great conductor of creativity. Without that deep pause, without reflection, my thoughts would spin with repetition and mere habit, never taking me deeper. Living on the surface of life, [...]
Also posted in Creativity, Inspiration, Meditation, Nature, Poetry, Reflection, Spring Notes, Wisdom Tagged meditation, SILENCE, spirituality, SPRING Comments closed
Work in Progress
At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. ~Plato Before I introduce my Studio Guest, author Kate Lord Brown, I’d like to share a poem for Valentine’s Day. Sanguine Resting near the river’s shore, convinced the sky was within reach, I suddenly realized its nearness was my heart speaking more clearly, propelling itself upward [...]
Also posted in Creativity, Studio Guests Tagged authors, how to write, Kate Lord Brown, memoir, Natalie Goldberg, The Beauty Chorus Comments closed
Winter Flowers
And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself? ~ Rumi And so we return to LifeThemes2012 as part of the 2-year anniversary celebration of SunnyRoomStudio. What life themes have you identified so far? Are you taking surface themes and digging deeper … looking for the underlying thread? Are you looking for themes [...]
Also posted in Creativity, LifeThemes2012, Reflection Tagged author, career, Carl Jung, Emerson, flowers, insight, LifeThemes2012, RUMI Comments closed
The Only Journey
Does your life have a theme? Or several, perhaps? If you were to change the primary theme, how would you do it — where would you begin? The only journey is the journey within. ~ Rainer Maria Rilke When I launched SunnyRoomStudio about two years ago, I planned to explore life themes in some depth. [...]
Also posted in Inspiration, LifeThemes2012, Meditation, Reflection, Spirit, Wisdom Tagged LifeThemes2012, Maya Angelou, Missouri Botanical Garden, Nancy Mellon, nature, Rilke, St. Louis Comments closed
The Sun of Inspiration
If you’ve ever written anything–even a letter to an old friend–you’ll know what my 21st Studio Guest, Melissa Crytzer Fry, is exploring in her guest post. You’ve sealed the envelope, you’ve completed your book proposal, you’ve written the final chapter in a new novel — yet, the voice of doubt chimes in almost immediately. Was [...]
Also posted in Creativity, Idea Sharing, Inspiration, Nature, Reflection, Studio Guests Tagged Arizona writers, author process, Creativity, evaluation, Melissa Crytzer Fry, nature, RUMI, sunlight, What I Saw Comments closed
Dream Writing
FIRST THOUGHTS. Number 6 in a series of blog posts focusing on early morning impressions that are lost in the haste of alarm clocks, schedules, and daily routines. ♥ The whisper of an idea. An intriguing scene from a story you’ve never read or heard about. The faint outline of a dream you want to [...]
Also posted in First Thoughts, Inspiration, Reflection, Wisdom Tagged dream writing, F. Scott Fitzgerald, fiction, Joan Didion, New Zealand, Robert Olen Butler, RUMI, Steinbeck, Studio Guest, Tolstoy, Trish Nicholson, Willa Cather, Words in the Treehouse Comments closed
Facing Fear
First Thoughts. Do you ever start to wake up in the morning with reluctance? With that feeling of … fear? Maybe you have a difficult day at the office on your calendar, maybe you have a dental or doctor visit that you’ve been dreading, maybe you have a big decision to make or a funeral [...]
Also posted in Creativity, First Thoughts, Inspiration, Reflection, Wisdom Tagged awareness, Deepak Chopra, Morning Joe, Oliver Goldsmith, peace, present moment, Samuel Johnson, spirituality, Starbucks Comments closed
Rather Wonderful
My guest, Fiona Robyn, writes that she is “on a mission to help people to slow down and fall in love with the world through writing. Fond of earl grey and home-made cake.” Immediately I wanted to get to know someone who is also fond of cake. Many of us are, of course, but how [...]
Also posted in Creativity, Inspiration, Reflection, Spirit, Studio Guests, Wisdom Tagged A Year of Questions, Anne Lamott, author motivation, Buddha, cake, Fiona Robyn, George Harrison, Kaspalita, mindful writing, Stanley Kunitz, The Wild Braid, write, Writing Our Way Home Comments closed
No Small Thing
Have art and creativity helped to empower you? Have you sought answers to difficult situations by looking within? Do you want to go “beyond” a conventional story line? My lovely guest, Jennifer Paros, is a writer and an artist from Seattle, Washington. She wrote an early chapter book for children called Violet Bing and the [...]
Also posted in Art, Inspiration, Reflection, Spirit, Studio Guests, Wisdom Tagged Author magazine, children's book, Eckhart Tolle, Jennifer Paros, Seattle, spirituality, Violet Bing and the Grand House, wisdom Comments closed
Family Voices
It’s my pleasure to introduce my 17th Studio Guest, Laura Harrington. In her own words (from her website): In college I was an English major, but minored in art history and studied singing seriously, knowing that the rest of life might not give me time to spend an hour a day in practice rooms making [...]
Also posted in Creativity, Studio Guests Tagged Alice Bliss, author, family, fiction, Kleban Award, Laura Harrington, novel Comments closed
A Bluish-green Infinity
INSIGHT_2011 has been a fun summer project. A series of meditative guideposts under the umbrella of “less is more” — a primary theme from my book Where the Heart Resides: Timeless Wisdom of the American Prairie. I picked this theme because it seems too easy to forget the powerful wisdom behind this concept. And [...]
Also posted in INSIGHT_2011, Inspiration, Meditation, Prairie, PrairieWisdom, Reflection, South Dakota, Spirit, Wisdom Tagged author, Laura Munson, memoir, Missouri, Montana, New York Times, relationships, spirituality, Stephens College, This is Not the Story You Think It Is Comments closed
Trial by Fire
I’m taking a brief pause from INSIGHT_2011 (our summer journey of meditative guideposts) to share a lovely guest post by my friend, Cynthia Ogren. Cynthia loves words. And she loves Riley, her adorable schnauzer. She recently moved to San Antonio, Texas, and also loves music. I first met Cynthia when I noticed that she sometimes [...]
Also posted in Creativity, Inspiration, Reflection, Spirit, Studio Guests Tagged author, Cynthia Ogren, Joan Didion, Khalil Gibran, schnauzer, The Year of Magical Thinking, writer Comments closed
Glorious Literary Lines
“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profundity. Kindness in giving creates love.” ~ Lao Tse Welcome back to SunnyRoomStudio — always a pleasure to have you here in this sunny space for kindred spirits. INSIGHT_2011 (a summer journey inward) continues today with meditative guidepost No. 5 — as our primary theme of [...]
Also posted in dah, INSIGHT_2011, Inspiration, Prairie, Reflection, Spirit, Wisdom Tagged Annie Proulx, Bird Cloud, Lao Tse Comments closed
Across the Blank Page
Every now and then something jumps out at me — a word, an article, a book. Maybe beautiful words of poetry or a flower–a rose, a gardenia, a lily–catch my attention. A profound quote can resonate within me for days. The power of the human spirit is often most compelling. Stories of struggle that lead [...]
Also posted in Creativity, Inspiration, Reflection, Spirit, Studio Guests, Wisdom Tagged Alice Hoffman, Author magazine, Bill Kenower, choices, creative writing, Judy Blume, Louis Sachar, Seattle Comments closed
Beauty of Balance
INSIGHT_2011 continues today with meditative guidepost No. 4 – and as many of you know, this is a 5-month summer journey focusing on “less is more.” While many of us believe in this principle, it is all too easy to forget in the rush of daily schedules. But by meditating on this theme throughout the [...]
Also posted in INSIGHT_2011, Inspiration, Meditation, Prairie, PrairieWisdom, Reflection, South Dakota, Spirit, Wisdom Tagged 100 Memoirs, balance, blog awards, C. Lee McKenzie, catching courage, Cathryn Wellner, Dani Shapiro, Devotion, Halfway to Each Other, Jolico Farm, Juliet Wilson, Kathy Loh, Laura Munson, Laurie Buchanan, Lynne Spreen, Mary L. Tabor, Mary Montague Sikes, Maureen Doallas, Maxine Cook, Missouri River, nature, Oahe Damn, Rebecca Rasmussen, Roz Morris, Shirley Showalter, Susan Pohlman, Terrill Welch, The Bird Sisters, THICH NHAT HANH, This is Not the Story You Think It Is Comments closed
A Shared Light
INSIGHT_2011 resumes today. And in case you missed the May 1st post outlining this 5-month journey of brief meditative guideposts for summer, you can find it @ Our Finer Moments (see sidebar). The 2nd meditative guidepost can be found @ As Beautiful as Dreams. This brings us to the 3rd guidepost, and as most of [...]
Also posted in Book Journey, INSIGHT_2011, Inspiration, Meditation, Prairie, PrairieWisdom, Reflection, Spirit, Wisdom Tagged C. Lee McKenzie, Jane Kennedy Sutton, kindred spirits, New Zealand, RUMI, Stylish Blogger award, Tagore, The Ride, Trish Nicholson, Versatile Blogger Award, Words in the Treehouse Comments closed
Now I Can See the Moon
When I launched SunnyRoomStudio one thing was clear. I wanted to share the voices of kindred spirits in this sunny creative space. Getting to know people who share a passion for creativity is so rewarding, for one thing. But, on another level, I have the opportunity to bring a diverse collection of voices to this [...]
Also posted in Creativity, Inspiration, Reflection, Spirit, Studio Guests, Wisdom Tagged 1920s, Crestmont, Crestmont Inn, Eagles Mere, historical fiction, Holly Weiss, Pennsylvania, polio, Walt Whitman Comments closed
Standing at Water’s Edge
When you begin a creative project or simply want to tap into your creativity, do you sense an element of fear or doubt greeting you at water’s edge? It may be a subtle feeling, but it’s usually there. Yet, if you are committed to your work–to creative expression–you forge on. Or try to. “All art [...]
Also posted in Art, Creativity, Inspiration, Studio Guests Tagged Anne Paris, artistic potential, artistic support, couarge, Ph.D., Standing at Water's Edge, tapping creativity Comments closed
Our Finer Moments
On May 1, 2010, here in SunnyRoomStudio, I launched a 5-month book journey called INSIGHT_2010. Sort of like a summer literary journal, I covered the chapters from my book on prairie wisdom to see if its wisdom had been at least somewhat timeless, as the subtitle suggests. But also to share the book with readers [...]
Also posted in Book Journey, INSIGHT_2010, INSIGHT_2011, Inspiration, Prairie, PrairieWisdom, Reflection, Spirit, Wisdom Tagged Charles W. Eliot, less is more, meditation, prairie wisdom, Sri Chinmoy, summer, Swami Sivanada Comments closed
Eyes of Wonder
Season of Gratitude This is just a brief post to acknowledge the many gifts of spring — the season of gratitude. It is now that we remember how nature encourages us, enlightens us, and always reminds us to look at life with eyes of wonder. So this spring spend some time with nature. Roam the [...]
Taking the High Road
Somehow I encountered the gifted Susan Pohlman. And her new book, her inspirational memoir. “Halfway to Each Other: How a Year in Italy Brought Our Family Home” was shortlisted for the newly established Inspy Awards. It was also awarded “winner” in the relationships category and “runner-up” in the memoir category at the 2010 Next Generation Indie [...]
Also posted in Idea Sharing, Inspiration, Reflection, Spirit, Studio Guests, Wisdom Tagged Halfway to Each Other, Italy, memoir, Susan Pohlman, Thoreau Comments closed
Bluest Day
I’m sure you’ve heard that April is national poetry month. So I asked myself why do I love poetry. Not all of it, but most. And I also asked myself how SunnyRoomStudio could best contribute to this celebration of words and sentiment conveyed by lyrical lines all in a row. Finally, I decided to keep [...]
Also posted in Art, Creativity, Inspiration, Poetry, Reflection, Spirit, Wisdom Tagged blue, da Vinci, Leonardo da Vinci, National Poetry Month, painting and poetry, photography, Poetry Month, South Dakota, Spring Creek Comments closed
Compassionate World
Do you think we live in a compassionate world? And how does one define such a concept? There’s a beautiful ring to those words — a compassionate world — yet we all interpret them quite differently. For example, you believe that something you’re doing is “compassionate” while someone else sits back quietly thinking: “How could [...]
Also posted in Creativity, Idea Sharing, Inspiration, Reflection, Spirit, Wisdom Tagged Buddha, compassion, peace, spirituality, trees Comments closed
Out of the Blue
As most of you know, when looking for kindred spirits to grace the corridors of my SunnyRoomStudio, I look for men and women with a wonderful message. Artistry, creativity, enlightenment. A depth of perspective. A willingness to connect in meaningful ways. People who offer us the inspiration of their beliefs, abilities, and courage. So when [...]
Also posted in Creativity, Inspiration, Reflection, Spirit, Studio Guests, Wisdom Tagged Asperger's syndrome, Becoming a Life Change Artist, Dr. Kathy Jordan, Dr. Oz, healing energy, Kathy Jordan, Leadership development, OPRAH, psychologist, Reiki Comments closed
My Creative Younger Self
Have you ever thought about the spiritual energy of wind? Or the muscular energy in sunlight? Annie Dillard has. So you are in good company if such questions have come to mind. There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind. ~Annie Dillard I think I was drawn to the [...]
Also posted in Creativity, Inspiration, LifeThemes2012, Prairie, Reflection, Spirit, Wisdom Tagged annie dillard, Carnegie Mellon, child art, memories, pancreatic cancer, Randy Pausch, spiritual energy, sun, sunlight, The Last Lecture, WIND, yellow Comments closed
The Power of Story
Stories. At every level of society. Their universal appeal is undeniable. And though Borders announced internal operating changes recently, stories and storytelling are here to stay. The fabric of your world, and mine, is defined by story. In fact, the human condition is primarily understood through the power of story. Ask any writer. Ask any [...]
Also posted in Creativity, Studio Guests, Wisdom Tagged Borders, British Columbia, catching courage, Cathryn Wellner, Garrison Keillor, Kelowna, story route, storytelling, Ted Lange, Tom Brokaw, William Bausch Comments closed
Cloudless Heaven
What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of cloudless heaven. –Victor Hugo Over the years we all develop definitions of love. Today, Valentine’s Day, brings some of those sentiments into sharper focus. But it’s also a good day to simply trust life. To trust life to bring us the experiences we [...]
Also posted in Creativity, Inspiration, Poetry, Reflection, Spirit, Wisdom Tagged cloudless heaven, grandmother, loss, Love, RUMI, valentine's day, victor hugo Comments closed
Spiritual Roots
A year ago today, 2-7-2010, I wrote my first blog post in SunnyRoomStudio: a creative, sunny space for kindred spirits. Then I shared that message of welcome on a page called Blog Purpose. And I published another page called Studio Vision. So now an entire year has elapsed. Many kindred spirits have been discovered. People [...]
Also posted in Creativity, dah, Inspiration, Reflection, Spirit, SunnyRoomStudio, Wisdom Tagged blog anniversary, Eckhart Tolle, Einstein, memoir, Natalie Goldberg, Old Friend from Far Away, Open Road Media, peace, Picasso, spiritual roots, spirituality, Tagore, vision, Writing Down the Bones Comments closed
Creative Convergence
During this season of winter torment (it seems I hear more and more people lamenting the harsh temps, snow and ice this time of year), I thought I’d shine a light on an individual with an abundance of artistic and creative talent. Mary Montague Sikes. Or Monti, to many. We may as well find something [...]
Also posted in Art, Creativity, Studio Guests Tagged artist, author, Mary Montague Sikes, portraits Comments closed
Beyond Conventional Wisdom
True talent must be expressed. And though the author of the next few sentences is most humble and unassuming, his artistic gifts and personal determination are most inspiring. ◊ I started painting when I was 15. I failed art in high school. There was no moment of inspiration that cued me in to my destiny [...]
Also posted in Art, Creativity, Inspiration, Reflection, Spirit, Studio Guests Tagged art, coffee, conventional wisdom, Liquid Light, memoir, painter, Paul Jackson, watercolors Comments closed
Caring for Life
Getting the new year off to a strong start … If you would like to read my guest post on Mary Tabor’s blog, I invite you to venture by and say hello. Mary’s author blog is here and she was also my guest here in SunnyRoomStudio. (Find Mary’s post on the page called Studio Guests [...]
Also posted in Creativity, Guest post, Inspiration, LifeThemes2012, Reflection, Spirit, Wisdom Tagged caring for life, literary, Mary L. Tabor, memoir Comments closed
Writer Behind the Mask
◊◊◊ The Artist Searching for myself within the confines of my name is a futile mission, a string of letters void of explanation, empty of history or truth, except for what is assigned over time, but an idea comes to me now, and I reach for my paintbrush, discovering the radiance of an ephemeral nature, [...]
Also posted in Creativity, Studio Guests, SunnyRoomStudio Tagged Alan Garner, Alderley Edge, An Intricate Dance, Arthurian tale, Carlos Fuentes, characters, Cheshire, Daisy Hickman, dirtywhitecandy, fiction, George C. Wolfe, Jodrell Bank, Nail Your Novel, Poetry, Roz Morris, telescope, The Artist, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, UK Comments closed
Mary Tabor’s Living Memoir
Natalie Goldberg in “Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir” writes: “Memoir is taking personal experience and turning it inside out. We surrender our most precious understanding, so others can feel what we felt and be enlarged. This means that when we write we give up ourselves.” I think you’ll agree that [...]
Also posted in DazyDayWriter, Inspiration, Reflection, Studio Guests, SunnyRoomStudio, Wisdom Tagged Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert, Marianne Williamson, Mary L. Tabor, McCrory Gardens, memoir, Natalie Goldberg Comments closed
Sensing the Unseen
Today marks the final post for INSIGHT_2010, our look at prairie wisdom in today’s world, some 10+ years after I published Where the Heart Resides: Timeless Wisdom of the American Prairie. I’m considered creating a journal that includes some of the more intriguing quotes from the book, so will keep you posted on that. But [...]
Also posted in Book Journey, Creativity, INSIGHT_2010, Inspiration, Poetry, Prairie, PrairieWisdom, Purpose of Blog, Reflection, South Dakota, SunnyRoomStudio, Wisdom Tagged A New Dawn Awaits, Deepak Chopra, Diane Meier, E.Dee Conrad, Eckhart Tolle, Frank Delaney, Jane Friedman, kindred spirits, Michael Beckwith, pasque petals, South Dakota Festival of Books, The Season of Second Chances, WIND Comments closed
A Generous Spirit
We’ve almost completed our 5-month book journey revisiting the pages of Where the Heart Resides: Timeless Wisdom of the American Prairie. I hope you’ve enjoyed this project, which I coined: INSIGHT_2010. Collectively, we’ve brought new insights to this material and also considered its timeless nature in a swiftly moving world. So thank you for stopping [...]
Also posted in Book Journey, Creativity, DazyDayWriter, INSIGHT_2010, Inspiration, PrairieWisdom, Reflection, South Dakota, SunnyRoomStudio, Wisdom Tagged Anna Arch, challenge, generous spirit, grace, INSIGHT_2010, personal growth Comments closed
SunnyRoomStudio Book Journey
Welcome! SunnyRoomStudio is home to DazyDayWriter blog. I hope you enjoy visiting my creative, sunny space for kindred spirits. I’m Daisy Hickman. If we haven’t met, you may want to visit a page called “about me.” But, basically, I’m a writer and poet, and this is my blog. For specifics, you can visit the Studio [...]
Also posted in Book Journey, DazyDayWriter, INSIGHT_2010, Inspiration, Prairie, PrairieWisdom, Reflection, South Dakota, SunnyRoomStudio, Wisdom Tagged competition, Erin K. McCartney, lemon pie, prairie cook, Whitman Comments closed
Use a Zoom Lens
EVEN though I wrote this chapter some 10+ years ago, I remember the experience well. Late at night, probably after midnight, and I found myself at the keyboard — writing with a bit of urgency, as if the words were flowing from another source: another dimension. But morning arrived and I was half afraid to [...]
Also posted in Book Journey, DazyDayWriter, INSIGHT_2010, Inspiration, Prairie, PrairieWisdom, South Dakota, SunnyRoomStudio, Wisdom Tagged Big City, Bright Lights, C. Lee McKenzie, Columbia Missouri, Heat-Moon, Jay McInerney, Nail Your Novel, paul jackson art, River Horse, Roads to Quoz, Roz Morris, Stephens Comments closed
Raise Some Chickens
I couldn’t find a picture of a chicken for chapter 13 — so, hopefully, these lovely ducks will suffice. As many of you know, this is a summer book journey called INSIGHT_2010 : a literary journal designed to revisit the pages of Where the Heart Resides: Timeless Wisdom of the American Prairie to determine if [...]
Also posted in Book Journey, DazyDayWriter, INSIGHT_2010, Inspiration, Prairie, PrairieWisdom, Reflection, South Dakota, SunnyRoomStudio, Wisdom Tagged connections, nurture, Paul Jackson, share Comments closed
Reel of Life
INSIGHT_2010 : summer book journey : began may 1st : concludes october 1st : revisiting my book about prairie wisdom to see if its wisdom is universal and timeless : sharing with readers and seeking their insights : also looking at the writing / publishing process : thank you for stopping by, welcome back ↔ [...]
Also posted in Book Journey, DazyDayWriter, INSIGHT_2010, Inspiration, Prairie, PrairieWisdom, Reflection, SunnyRoomStudio, Wisdom Tagged Harold Schuler, priorities, reel of life Comments closed
Embrace the Past & Suntrees
Chapter 10, Embrace the Past, now on tap as INSIGHT_2010 (our collective summer book journey) continues. But, first, let me digress. This lovely photograph was taken by my daughter, Erin, last summer, nearly 7 months before I’d even considered starting a blog or developing a site called SunnyRoomStudio. So, browsing through photographs today, I was [...]
Also posted in Book Journey, DazyDayWriter, INSIGHT_2010, Inspiration, Prairie, PrairieWisdom, Reflection, South Dakota, SUNNY ROOM STUDIO, SunnyRoomStudio, Wisdom Tagged history, Insights, past Comments closed
Strike Out on Your Own
Photo by ERIN_km (Dallas-Ft.Worth) Welcome back to INSIGHT_2010, a summer literary experience: a collective book journey. Whenever I’ve had to put a good book down for a couple of weeks, due to other projects or obligations, I’ve always looked forward to picking up the thread once more. So here we are: picking up the prairie [...]
Also posted in Book Journey, DazyDayWriter, INSIGHT_2010, Inspiration, Prairie, PrairieWisdom, Reflection, South Dakota, SUNNY ROOM STUDIO, Wisdom Tagged Circle of Life, Independence, Laura Ingalls Wilder, State of Mind Comments closed
A Good Match
Due to the 4th, I thought we’d pause from our summer book journey, INSIGHT_2010, returning to this literary project on July 17th. The next chapter, Strike Out on Your Own, will be a good follow-up to the Fourth of July. This is also a great opportunity for new readers to catch up with our progress [...]
Also posted in Book Journey, INSIGHT_2010, Poetry, Prairie, PrairieWisdom, Reflection, Wisdom Tagged A GOOD MATCH Comments closed
A Quiet Sense of Purpose
Welcome back to our summer literary experience — a collective book journey called INSIGHT_2010. Today we’re exploring the 6th chapter in my book: Cultivate a Quiet Sense of Purpose. Thanks again for your insightful comments on the ideas presented here. And please feel free to add your ideas. SunnyRoomStudio is a creative, sunny space for [...]
Also posted in Book Journey, DazyDayWriter, INSIGHT_2010, Inspiration, Prairie, PrairieWisdom, Reflection, South Dakota, SUNNY ROOM STUDIO, SunnyRoomStudio, Wisdom Tagged Giants in the Earth, O.E. Rolvaag, PURPOSE, SILENCE, South Dakota Magazine Comments closed
Try Almost Anything Once
Our summer literary experience — a collective book journey coined INSIGHT_2010 – continues now with chapter 5: Try Almost Anything Once. Welcome back! Your insightful comments have inspired me a great deal. I appreciate, so much, knowing that you’re enjoying this recap and finding it worthwhile. I’m also starting to incorporate links to other blogs [...]
Also posted in Book Journey, INSIGHT_2010, Inspiration, Prairie, PrairieWisdom, Reflection, South Dakota, SUNNY ROOM STUDIO, Wisdom Tagged adventure, beyond comfort zone, inner peace Comments closed
Insight_2010
Our collective book journey, INSIGHT_2010, continues today with chapter 4: Create Rituals and Sayings with Heart. “Magical in nature, rituals thrive in prairie communities. Simple and unadorned but repeated over the years without fail, such acts build meaning and purpose into life in a way, and to a degree, that mystifies yet redeems.” This is [...]
Also posted in Book Journey, DazyDayWriter, INSIGHT_2010, Inspiration, PrairieWisdom, Reflection, South Dakota, SUNNY ROOM STUDIO, SunnyRoomStudio, Wisdom Tagged TENNYSON Comments closed
Build a Bridge to Yourself
Welcome back to our book journey: INSIGHT_2010. I’m so glad you could make it! As many of you know, this is a 5-month project revisiting the pages of my book: Where the Heart Resides — Timeless Wisdom of the American Prairie. I also close each post with a personal sidebar about the writing or publishing [...]
Also posted in Book Journey, DazyDayWriter, INSIGHT_2010, Inspiration, Prairie, PrairieWisdom, Reflection, South Dakota, SUNNY ROOM STUDIO, SunnyRoomStudio, Wisdom Tagged peacefulness, self-awareness, TIME Comments closed
Discover Your Truth
Welcome to my 5-month book journey, INSIGHT_2010, as we continue to revisit the pages of a book called Where the Heart Resides: Timeless Wisdom of the American Prairie. I published this book against all odds and without the aid of an agent. ( That was a few years ago though … when it was still [...]
Also posted in Book Journey, Creativity, DazyDayWriter, INSIGHT_2010, Inspiration, Prairie, PrairieWisdom, Reflection, South Dakota, SUNNY ROOM STUDIO, SunnyRoomStudio, Wisdom Tagged Care of the Soul, Eckhart Tolle, GRATITUDE, OPRAH, The Power of Now, Thomas Moore, Timeless wisdom of the American prairie, TRUTH, WHERE THE HEART RESIDES, Whitman Comments closed
Envision
INSIGHT_2010 continues now with my 5-month book journey to revisit my ’99 book: WHERE THE HEART RESIDES — Timeless Wisdom of the American Prairie (William Morrow_Harper Collins). If you’re just tuning in, my BOOK JOURNEY post provides all of the details and A Dance With Destiny considers the book’s introduction. Now, on to chapter one: [...]
Also posted in Book Journey, DazyDayWriter, INSIGHT_2010, Inspiration, Prairie, PrairieWisdom, Reflection, South Dakota, SUNNY ROOM STUDIO, SunnyRoomStudio, Wisdom Tagged "Dakota" by Kathleen Norris, Blue Highways, Bob H. Miller, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklist, Envision, Frances Jones, Henry David Thoreau, My Antonia, PIONEER, PrairyErth, South Dakota, Stephens College, Willa Cather, William Least Heat Moon, William Trogdon, window, Window to the Heart Comments closed
A Dance with Destiny
So here we are — delving into the book introduction for WHERE THE HEART RESIDES: Timeless Wisdom of the American Prairie. If you missed the Book Journey announcement, last week’s post provides the details for this 5-month project to revisit each chapter in the context of 2010. More than 10 years has elapsed since the [...]
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BOOK JOURNEY
In 1999, I published a nonfiction book called: WHERE THE HEART RESIDES — Timeless Wisdom of the American Prairie. (William Morrow, Eagle Brook imprint) About the time my book was released Harper Collins purchased William Morrow. The hardcover edition features wonderful black and white photography by Artist Bob H. Miller of Rapid City, South Dakota. [...]
Also posted in Book Journey, DazyDayWriter, INSIGHT_2010, Inspiration, Poetry, Prairie, PrairieWisdom, Reflection, South Dakota, SUNNY ROOM STUDIO, SunnyRoomStudio, Wisdom Tagged chapters, Hollyhock Comments closed
Interview with Madeline Sharples