Links
A collection of other interesting resources
A wonderful local store with many short courses in altered art of all kinds, taught by local and nationally recognized artists. This is a place you can play with art-making, learn something fun, buy your supplies, and be in the company of creative people who know how to enjoy their art-making.
Owner Christine Webb is an amazing creativity resource and she keeps her store well-stocked, her classes well-scheduled, and fuels the fires of enthusiasm for altered art experimentation!
Check out her website, give her a call, or stop by her store. Details on her site listed here.
If you are interested in labyrinths,please come out and visit the one at The Studio at Blue Heron House on my property (see Labyrinth section of my website). When you travel, you might try using this Labyrinth Locator link, which gives you options for visiting labyrinths anywhere in the world.
It also has information about the Labyrinth Society and can give you links to other information you might find interesting. It might surprise you to find that there are labyrinths right in your own town whose existence has been a well-kept secret.
Carolyn Foster is a writer, workshop facilitator, coach, and all around incredible person. Her site can take you to the various services she offers, and if you get on her e-mail list, you will get an excellent writing exercise and a coaching tip each month. I love getting her messages, printing out the exercises to paste them into my journal and then writing my responses to her prompts. Her women's retreats in beautiful places in northern and southern California always tempt me!
Check out her website for much more information than I can give you here.
An excellent resource for writers of all sorts! Located in Denver, Lighthouse Writers Workshop offers many monthly classes, weekend workshops, and mini-sessions. Check out the Summer LitFest, a banquet of workshops from June 8-23 . . . and the Grand Lake Writers' Retreat. I'll be there, reveling in the sanctuary space for nearly a week.
You can contact them on their site and ask that you be put on their mailing list (e-mail and/or snail mail).
Librarything.com is an invaluable service for those of us who LOVE books and want to keep track of them. I have 5000 books and can now keep an on-line database with all my titles, tag lines I provide (like "writing", "short stories", "memoir", "book group", read it/loved it", etc.).
I can't explain it fully enough . . . you have to just go there. AND if you have lots of books, you can get this scanner for under $20 that will plug into your USB port and scan all your books by ISBN number. CHECK IT OUT!!
Jill is an amazing artist, an incredible teacher, and a very fun person as well. Check out her website, her workshop locations, and her art!
I spent a day with her at the Artist's Nook (see THAT link) here in Fort Collins, making unique and delightful little books with paint, crayons, beads, and other adornments. Look for her workshops in the Denver area . . .
Counseling for Creative People and Businesses - attorney, writer, spirit-centered advisor. Kevin can advise you about copyrights, trademarks, patents on your creative products. He is one of the most out-of-the-box business advisors I have met, with a heart for understanding what's beneath his clients' business needs.
One complimentary hour with him will greatly simplify the complications that legal procedures can create!
Somehow, what I write here just doesn't say it. Meet him. Check out some of his insightful web log entries.
A great resource for writers in the Fort Collins/Loveland/Windsor area. Check out workshops, Writers' Conference and more.
Would you like to get a taste of what Italy Women traveling is about? Would you like to be tempted by descriptions of exquisite meals, beautiful italian villages, wide varieties of experiences with other like-minded women?
You can see a sampling of several Italy Women's trips at this site, as well as some of my own personal travel thoughts and experiences.
Perhaps you'll join me one day soon . . .
Wonderful local artist makes one-of-a-kind cards, healing milagro cards, grief cards, comfort cards.
Support conscious unique artists, especially ones from our hometown. Check out the beautiful examples and the comments from happy customers!
Steve Martin is a financial planner who has a refreshing, professional, holistic approach to financial consulting. He offers fee-for-service consulting, something I like very much, but don't see often. That means his fees ONLY come from the client, not from commissions or "referral" fees from particular investment instruments. His goal is to help you create a life you love.
You are the client, not your money! What a unique approach!
Financial independence, peace of mind, and a life you love - those are Steve's goals for you. He walks his talk, and offers a unique and dedicated approach to client education, with workshops and classes, services, reading lists, his personal blog, and more.
Complimentary initial consultation. In these tough times, we need people like Steve in our corner. Check out his website.
This is a program hosted by Kathleen (Kay) Adams, of Journal To The Self fame, among other things, in which she interviews me on her program "Journaling For A Better Life". We talk mostly about travel writing and memoir, with some other things thrown in.
The program itself allows you to hear interviews by many leaders in the reflective writing field, and I am proud to be included among them. You can download any of the programs for listening on an MP3 player or your iTunes, or just listen to the program on-line.
Enjoy!
Here's one from Sydney, a nom du plume for a woman who is volunteering at a wildlife rescue organization in Houston, as well as serving as a docent for the lovely zoo there. She has the privilege of being kissed by baby giraffes, feeding tiny baby wildlife, and helping rescued baby goats and other adorables from Mother Nature. Check her out l. . . she almost always includes little video clips of these baby creatures, and if you sign on to her blog as an official follower, you will get NO JUNK, but sometimes a video life-cam of baby hawks/eagles/other bits of wonder. Try it!
Again, an inspiring example for those of you who want to write about the interests in your life but just haven't gotten "around to it".
Kerrie Flanagan, creator and director of Northern Colorado Writers, writes writing musings, tips and resources through this site. Subscribe or "follow" and you will get automatic e-mails when she writes a new post.
Excellent stuff from a very dedicated woman, dedicate to OUR success as writers.