THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS has fallen into the hands of a happy reader in Ontario! Enjoy, Sara!
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Finally took my SOAT picture! Much love from London, Ontario 🙂 loving it so far!! Sara x
Breakfast in bed and good old Eat Pray Love…thank you, Alison!
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Good morning from Australia! It's a national holiday here, so I'm taking the opportunity to spend some time with an old friend. And eat breakfast in bed!
Julie's JOY JAR — her interpretation of the HAPPINESS JARS we always talk about on this page. I love her point that, once you start paying attention, it becomes difficult to narrow it down to just one best moment of the day…so wonderful!
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Hi Elizabeth! I just wanted to share what I call my Joy Jar, named after your happiness jars! I started it on Jan. 1st and noticed within a few short weeks, how it has become so difficult to pinpoint one single moment of joy in my day! There are several times that I have numerous things scribbled on a little piece of paper as the highlights of my day. Thank you for this suggestion of doing a Happiness Jar, and most importantly, thank you for allowing me to see that the more I count my blessings, the more blessings I have to count! <3
"A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."
Happy Birthday, Virginia Woolf! Born this very day, 1882.
What do you all think of this, Ms Woolf's most famous statement?
I had written two books already before I ever had a room of my own for writing. But I always managed to find a quiet corner somewhere, and I always felt I had my own money — even when I was a diner waitress, and it wasn't much. (Childhood lessons in frugality helped. Thanks to my upbringing, what I never had was debt, even when I was living on a shoestring, and I think that mattered. I think that made me feel free.)
What I always longed for most, though, was TIME — precious hours, undisturbed, in which to think and write at length…and that great luxury came only very recently to my life. I don't think many women in history have gotten enough creative time…
What about you? All of you who create? What do you long for? What do you think you need? What can you live without? What stops you up, and what brings you forth?
LG
"A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."
Happy Birthday, Virginia Woolf! Born this very day, 1882.
What do you all think of this, Ms Woolf's most famous statement?
I had written two books already before I ever had a room of my own for writing. But I always managed to find a quiet corner somewhere, and I always felt I had my own money — even when I was a diner waitress, and it wasn't much. (Childhood lessons in frugality helped. Thanks to my upbringing, what I never had was debt, even when I was living on a shoestring, and I think that mattered. I think that made me feel free.)
What I always longed for most, though, was TIME — precious hours, undisturbed, in which to think and write at length…and that great luxury came only very recently to my life. I don't think many women in history have gotten enough creative time…
What about you? All of you who create? What do you long for? What do you think you need? What can you live without? What stops you up, and what brings you forth?
LG
