I’m trying to work with a new form in my next novel, and yes, it’s causing severe bouts of doubt. Can I pull it off? Will it be a huge flop? With a possibility of failing, though, I’m hoping there will be the same possibility of success. The whole process requires a regular dose of […]
Our Children Are Raising Us
In the evenings, I’ve been enjoying Shefali Tsabary’s wonderful book The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children. If you’re ready to dig deep when it comes to parenting, this is the book for you. If you’ve read Eckhart Tolle’s book The Power of Now, you’ll have a head start. Tsabary does a lovely job […]
Promoting Trust
More from The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children by Shefali Tsabary. [Post image: Liliana at fair, July 2011]
The Conscious Parent
From The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children by Shefali Tsabary. It reminded me of Aibileen Clark’s words in The Help. Aibileen is a black nanny to a little white girl, Mae Mobley, who is severely neglected by her mother. Every chance she gets, Aibileen whispers these words into Mae Mobley’s ears: “You is beautiful…you […]
Mysterious Paper Sculptures
I love surprises. Especially beautiful ones that take your breath away. Look at the exquisite dragon sculpture (made out of paper) above. It’s one of several being left surreptitiously throughout Edinburgh’s literary community. No one knows who’s leaving them. First, there was the paper tree left at the Scottish Poetry Library… Then others cropped up […]