Lately a lot of my journal entries have been pretty boring. I can admit that and know it’s ok. Sometimes it just gets like that, but I don’t let it stop me writing. Boring or not, the act of writing in my journal keeps things going. It’s never difficult when something does come up that […]
Writing about your childhood memories is always a good journal writing prompt. Often times it’s difficult knowing exactly where to start, though. So, just to give you a little push to get things going, spend some time writing about a safe place you remember from your childhood. This could be someone’s house or at the […]
Rabbi Rami Shapiro and his son Aaron Shapiro are beginning a free journal writing workshop called 04/04. The workshop will run through the Linebaugh Public Library System. That’s in Rutherford County, Tennessee. (I had to look it up.) You are required to register beforehand. During the workshop the Rabbi wants to
“… to promote journal […]
One of the main reason people write in a journal is to see change in their lives. I know this is true for me. I don’t expect to change dramatically or instantly after one journal writing session. But I do think change can only happen as you allow it to. It’s like leaving the door […]
Here are another lot of excellent artsy links for you this week:
Noreen Crone-Findlay designed a charming little Comfie Bear and has uploaded the pattern to Hankering for Yarn.
Layers Upon Layers shows how to go about Making a geometric collage.
Look at Eileen’s New Toy!. Handy for journal keepers, this one.
Mary Emma Allen has Quilting with […]
I finished another journal yesterday. It made me a little nervous because those last few pages kind of snuck up on me and I didn’t realise I was so close to the end. So, I didn’t get a chance to go looking for one to put back into the cover I had on the last […]
Today is Friday and that means it’s Freaky Friday. If you need to know more about this journal writing challenge please read the First Freaky Friday entry.
I’ve written about unsent letters and using letters to yourself in the Freaky Friday prompts before. Today spend some time writing in your journal as your past self […]
It might not be something everyone likes to talk about in public, well, no one I know at least, but the subject of sex is a good one to pursue in your journal. Natalie Goldberg mentions this topic in her book Writing Down the Bones. Don’t be afraid to write about such things in your […]
Mary Emma Allen has some great thoughts on keeping a Quilting & Patchwork journal on her excellent blog. If you wanted to make a really memorable journal for this you could make your own & give it a gorgeous mini quilted cover.
Heather
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My local library is running the Living Libraries programme again. Apparently it was a real success last year. This involves library users selecting and borrowing a person instead of a book. The term I saw being used to promote this was living histories. The idea is to book in some time to talk and listen […]
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