Table of Contents to 2009 Essays

My First Artist's Soul Retreat

• Fundraising Dog for Charitable Causes (Surf Dog Ricochet)
  The "allowing one to blossom within their own nature" easily transfers into paying close attention to what's going on in our own creative lives.

• 'Dollar Bill Origami Money Plant' eBook Turned into Kindle Product
  Specially made for the wireless e-book reading device crowd.

• Soft, Rubber Stamp-Like Kitty Toes
  A mother's love for her feline fur-baby.

• Beecoming Wiser
  Sting me once, sting me twice — definitely not twice as nice.

• Performance Art & Music: Recycled Percussion Band
  Drumming on recyclables: These guys inspire awesome powers of co-creative collaborative excellence.

• Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD: My Stroke of Insight
  A brain scientist's journey recovering from a stroke.

• Patching Up On Silly Things
  The Mirecle33 Creativity Patch still inspires.

• Natalie Goldberg: Life is Detail
  Goldberg taught me so many new things about being a writer.

• Casual Pieces from a Juicy, Sensuous Writershop
  I do not see myself...forgetting about this fresh fruit salad!

• Returning from My First Artist's Soul Retreat
  What happens when one stays open to possibility and wonder...

• Going On An Artist's Soul Retreat
  Retreating to replenish, rejuvenate, reinvent, renew, reawaken, rejoice...

• Violette's 'Journal Bliss' Blog Tour Stop
  Creative Prompts to Unleash Your Inner Eccentric.

• On the Interview with Artist Jerry Wennstrom
  Author of "The Inspired Heart."

• My Testimonial for the Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coaching Model
  "Small Steps, Uncommon Results"

• Cheryl Finley's Creative Courage & Mandala Oasis
  I celebrate Cheryl's spiritual art and creative courage!

• 'Riffing with Scissors' and 'Fort-Worthy' Sofas
  Louis Armstrong, the collage artist, and the new Obama White House sofa.

• On Interviewing Actress / Artist Angela Cartwright
  My first TV-celebrity interview.

• Creative Doodling Down Memory Lane
  How doodling helps me to remember.

• On Keri Smith's "Wreck This Journal"
  No pretty laminated journal pages here.

• Chocolate Creativity Addiction
  Shelley Klammer on creative over-indulgence.