Monthly Archives: September 2009

I am a Vegan

I am a vegan. Or, I should say I am a natural vegan and striving to live a vegan lifestyle. What has this got to do with The Dreaming Café? Because The Dreaming Café is about the creative journey to self-discovery and self-discovery includes the WHOLE self. Why do I say I am a natural…

New Books for a Weekend of Reading

Continuing with this weeks theme of ‘trying something new‘ and ‘firsts‘… Buying books is not something new for me, but these books are new and I am looking forward to some quiet time this weekend to just read and relax. It feels like forever since I had a reading weekend, but I am shooting for…

A Secret Prize Hidden Inside

Continuing with this weeks theme of ‘trying something new‘ and ‘firsts‘… In a post from April 21, 2009 titled “Another Idea…” I wrote about my desire to “ship gifts and packages all over the world, artfully wrapped in my self-designed paper, including a personal note written on a card from my own line and shipped…

A New Experience-Watercolors

Sunday morning I did something I’ve never really done before, well not since kindergarten. I painted, well I attempted to anyway. It took me over a week to work up the courage to actually play with my new watercolors. This past Sunday for over two hours I played with the colors, tried to paint some…

Try Something New

This post is a reprint of this past Sunday’s lead newsletter article. I wanted to share it here today as I renew my commitment of doing, trying and learning new things on a daily basis. ‘New’ will be this week’s theme as I post and share with you some of the big and little ‘new’…

Backpack list-revised

I’ve been thinking about the list I posted on Friday, the list of what I would pack if I was traveling cross-country, had to travel light and could take only my backpack. I realized that my ‘non-negotiable’ list needed to be revisited. You see, what was on my list is what I’d like to think…

Another list-Traveling With just my Backpack

A few months ago I posted on Twitter that I was pondering what I would I take with me on a bus trip across the United States if I traveled with just my backpack. Now I am wondering what if… instead of a bus trip, maybe a train ride cross country OR maybe on a…

Another List – Favorite Ezines

Ezines are newsletters sent via email. Here are three that I read from top to bottom… 1. Barbara Winter’s Quiet Inspiration looking at creativity and life from a whole new perspective (Ken’s most recent newsletter hints at some exciting changes!) 3. Tama Kieves’

The Power of the to-do List Part 2

Reading my friend Connie’s blog yesterday and some of the comments left by readers reminded me of a few things I forgot to tell you about the power of ‘to-do’ list. First, there is a tremendous sense of accomplishment when you can cross a task off of your list as complete. It just feels great!…