Posted in Adventures - Turkey, Greece and Wedding, Christmas, Creativity, tagged 'low', Awe-Manac, creative exercises, creative journalling, greek theme, greek wedding reception, humour, janet whitehead, journal prompts on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A unedited story created as a direct result of an Awe-Manac journal prompt to write about a recent event using unusual beings, science fiction or such..
Unbeknownst to the mortals involved, the Shot Glass Beings of Greek Faerie Origin came to life the moment of their creation. Like all those planning a celebration, they were particularly [...]
Posted in Christmas, tagged artists, janet whitehead, performers, Reflecting on Christmas Awe-Manac style, writers on December 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An exercise from the journal jujus’ of the Awe-Manac… a journal entry that starts with the letters of CHRISTMAS:
Christmas is yesterday, nine point 8
Hours ago.
Reflecting
I think Quelf was hysterical, and gifts of
Stockings and Santa Gift was
Truly an ecomonical,creative decision that resulted in
Magical gifts, unhinted and fun,
A journal to play with my Awe-Manac juju’s, and a [...]
Posted in Christmas, tagged Christmas, christmas eve rush, christmas wishes, janet whitehead on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Before I wash the floors and set the table for tomorrow, I’m taking a quiet moment to enjoy the magic of this, Christmas Eve Day.
Okay. It’s over. Got a call from Megan (who is housesitting) asking if I would please wash her sheets since she’s staying here tonight. And then I called Courtney and Cody… [...]
Posted in Christmas, tagged janet whitehead, naughty or nice, lump of coal, advocate for children, self esteem in children, values for children, no child is naughty, Fred Claus on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On the radio today the announcer mentioned www.northpole.com and the naughty or nice quiz. When he listed the questions, the ‘advocate for children’ in me fumed. I went straight to the site and fumed some more. It’s not that the site isn’t well-intended. It’s just that the naughty or nice quiz is 1. sure to make [...]
Posted in Christmas on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ohhhh, only six more sleeps! Feeling the magic of Santa time of year!
Posted in Christmas, tagged janet whitehead, kamloops spca, spca on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A gift for the animals this Christmas…Click, Vote, Done!
Posted in Christmas, Creativity, tagged creative people gathering, janet whitehead, kamloops, troll, troll's turds on December 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today Troll prepared for his infamous additions to the gatherings of Creative People. Yes, the Troll Turds. I’m afraid to announce that I discovered him eating bird’s nests and Angel’s clouds today.
Oh, Troll. What to do with you. But then, the bird’s are not in their nests on this very very chilly day. And the [...]
Posted in Christmas, tagged faeries, janet whitehead, love the snow, weather outside is frightful on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
..frightfully beautiful. It’s cold ,crisp and we finally have lots of snow! It looks a lot like my paintings at the top of this blog! Well, okay, my house, nor my neighbours, are exactly that colourful… but one day, my home will look like one of those in the storypaintings. Because the faeries imagine it [...]
Posted in Babies, Christmas, tagged baby., grama's thoughts, grandbaby at 18 months, nana's thoughts on December 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Happy 18 month old day, wee precious pumpkin princess Evalee! Thanks for the great game of “Where’s Evalee?”.. and for announcing knowingly “Santa” when you discovered a snowman snowglobe. He looked a lot like Santa. Thanks for playing dress up with the dolls, and playing kick and splash in the bath, and for the beautiful [...]
Posted in Christmas, Creativity, tagged Brooke Dunkley, Brooke Dunkley Fort Saint James., Brooke Dunkley Ft. St. James, children's storywriting, christmas tree, christmas tree story on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thank you, brilliant Brooke, for allowing me to publish your very creative story! And if you read my story two posts down, you’ll get to see how you’ve helped me bond even more with my Christmas tree!
