Category Archives: Inklings

Thoughts, musings, ideas, lessons and thoughts about life.

Siren Song – The Call of Autumn

Posted on September 28, 2016 by joanneeddy

“Autumn is the Mellow Time.” William Allingham “Delicious Autumn, my very soul is wedded to it…” George Elliot The last several mornings on my back porch have been filled with Goldilocks perfection, just warm enough, just cool … Continue reading →

Posted in Inklings | Tagged Autumn, change of the seasons, colored leaves in autumn, fall, fall fog, harvest, life's bounty, migrating geese, migrating geese in autumn, poetry about geese, poetry for fall, Siren Song, Siren Song the Call of Autumn, the bounty of fall, The Call of Autumn, the calls of geese, the fullness of life | 15 Comments

Birthdays and Living In the Moment

Posted on September 21, 2016 by joanneeddy

Listen to the Salutation of the Dawn: Look to this day, for it is Life. It is the very life of Life. And in its brief course will lie All the verities and realities Of our existence… The bliss of … Continue reading →

Posted in Inklings | Tagged Birthdays, Frank Sinatra, Gonna dance, gonna fly, life perspectives on aging, Live in the Moment, Live till I die, Look to this day, the present is all we have, the wisdom of aging, Today well lived, today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, worry, worry undermines your joy in the present | 26 Comments

On Questions and Answers

Posted on April 13, 2016 by joanneeddy

“Real wisdom lies not in having all the answers, but in seeking to understand the questions.” Old Chinese proverb My mother always used to tell me that I didn’t begin talking until late, but once I started … Continue reading →

Posted in Inklings | Tagged Counseling, Distilling questions down to help reach the answers, figuring our the questions, Finding the answers, How does counseling help us figure out the answer, questions and answers, Real wisdom is not having the answers but understanding the questions | 16 Comments

Little Resurrections – On Spring and Grandchildren

Posted on March 31, 2016 by joanneeddy

Spring is found in small resurrections, The insistence of life anew, a bud, a leaf, a flower. One raindrop, one last winter tear, merging with another, Surging, overflowing, transformational, and true, As unstoppable as the sunrise or a baby’s laugh, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Inklings | Tagged Easter, Family, Garden, Grandchildren, Lessons from gardening, Resurrection, Spring, Spring is found in small resurrections, Springtime in the garden | 17 Comments

Battling Buttercups – A Lesson on Weeds

Posted on March 23, 2016 by joanneeddy

“Why do you build me up, Buttercup baby, just to let me down and mess me around, and worst of all, you never call, baby, when you say you will, but I love you still….” Song by the Foundations (Want … Continue reading →

Posted in Inklings | Tagged A lesson on addiction, Abuse, Battling addiction, Battling buttercups, Battling weed and weeds, fighting addiction, Loving something that hurts you, Weeds, Why do you build me up buttercup | 17 Comments

Advancing at the forefront of dreams

Posted on March 9, 2016 by joanneeddy

“Taking a place at the table is not guaranteed. Not everyone makes it to a seat of power…Ah…but taking a chair at the forefront of your dreams, that is possible. And, it is necessary, even if our dreams can change … Continue reading →

Posted in Inklings | Tagged continuing, dealing with roadblocks, dreams, going forward despite adversity, hitting roadblocks to success, living your dream, living your dream as a writer, not giving in, not giving up, query letters, rejection, Rejection letters, the forefront of dreams, Writing a novel | 16 Comments

Resolutions and Queries – Let the Dating Begin

Posted on February 23, 2016 by joanneeddy

“Go for it, while you can. I know you have it in you. And I can’t promise you’ll get everything you want, but I can promise nothing will change if you don’t try.” ― J.M. Darhower, Sempre I recently read … Continue reading →

Posted in Inklings | Tagged elements of a good query letter, Keeping resolutions, query letters, querying agents like on-line dating, Writing, Writing a query letter | 25 Comments

Keeping Resolutions – On Taking One Step at a Time

Posted on December 31, 2015 by joanneeddy

Do you want something new in the New Year? Then start. Take one small step in a new direction. Tomorrow, if that is still the direction you want to pursue, take another…or change direction. But take the step. Every day … Continue reading →

Posted in Inklings | Tagged Changing our lives, How to Keep a commitment to change, Keeping Resolution, Making Changes in our life, New Year Resolutions, New Year's Resolutions, New Years Eve, One Step at a Time, Step by Step Change | 6 Comments

Waiting to Hear the Angels Sing – An Advent Lesson

Posted on December 11, 2015 by joanneeddy

“Time always seems long to the child who is waiting – for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grown up, long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day.” Daj Hammarskjold “I believe … Continue reading →

Posted in Inklings | Tagged Advent, Buechner, Christmas, Christmas is about love, Christmas magic, Cindy Lou Who, Joyce Meyer, preparing for Christmas, the Grinch, The true meaning of Christmas, Waiting for Christmas, Waiting for the angels to sing, watching for the Christmas star, Whistling in the Dark | 8 Comments

Just Visiting – Lessons from Monopoly

Posted on September 20, 2015 by joanneeddy

“We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe,to learn, to grow, to LOVE… and then we return home.” – Aborigine philosophy Do you like Monopoly? It was one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Inklings | Tagged A Lesson on jail, Being poor, just visiting, Lessons from monopoly, life as a visit, Living life to the fullest, Monopoly, Passing through, We all all visitors to life, We only pass this way once | 7 Comments

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