We\u2019re looking at touchstones today.<\/p>\n
Post this list where it can console you and remind you of your own personal touchstones. You may want to draw one of the items on your list \u2013 or acquire it. If you love blue velvet, get a remnant and use it as a runner on a sideboard or dresser, or tack it to the wall and mount images on it. Play a little.<\/em><\/p>\n That\u2019s it for today.<\/p>\n We will finish the tasks of Week 10 during our next Work Session. We\u2019ll be talking about the Awful Truth regarding our creative life. Setting a Bottom Line and Cherishing. Hope you all will join me \u2013 Feb. 26 at the North Bend Library Meeting Room at 6 p.m.<\/strong> Please RSVP<\/strong>. Bring supplies to be ready to write.<\/p>\n And now your moment of Writing Zen:<\/p>\n \u201cHow often \u2013 even before we began \u2013 have we declared a task impossible? And how often have we construed a picture of ourselves as being inadequate? A great deal depends upon the thought patterns we choose and on the persistence with which we affirm them.\u201d <\/em>~Piero Ferrucci<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Writers: Happy Mid-Winter! Remember Writer\u2019s Caf\u00e9 is tonight at SawDust Coffee Co. in the North Bend outlet mall. 6 p.m. Let\u2019s get right to our prompt, ok? We\u2019re back at Week 10 tasks from The Artist\u2019s Way by Julia Cameron. We\u2019re looking at touchstones today. Touchstones:\u00a0 Make a quick list of things you love, happiness … Continue reading Weekly Writing Prompt — February 20, 2013 Edition<\/span> ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/436512793_fb184da4bd.jpg\" "\\"436512793_fb184da4bd\\"")
<\/a>Touchstones:\u00a0 Make a quick list of things you love, happiness touchstones for you. River rocks worn smooth, willow trees, cornflowers, chicory, real Italian break, homemade vegetable soup, the Bo Deans\u2019 music, black beans and rice, the smell of new mown grass, blue velvet (the cloth and the song), Aunt Minnie\u2019s crumb pie\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n