Thoughts

Deep in my soul I know I’m a writer. I always have been. My mom taught me to read by two and a half and I’ve yearned to read and write ever since. I wrote my first poem at age four and filled the days of my early childhood creating whimsical stories of far away … Read more

This year, when did you feel the most integrated with your body? Did you have a moment where there wasn’t mind and body, but simply a cohesive YOU, alive and present?* I just finished reading Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness, which discusses the need for people to reconnect with … Read more

Reverb10 – Prompt #11: What are 11 things your life doesn’t need in 2011? How will you go about eliminating them? How will getting rid of these 11 things change your life?* I struggled to list 11, but I did come up with 8 solid answers below: Unproductive Noise – For the past week or … Read more

I was on a roll for the first few days of Reverb10, but I just realized I’m now five days behind. So without further ado here are condensed answers to this week’s prompts. Make. What was the last thing you made? What materials did you use? Is there something you want to make, but you … Read more

Let Go. What (or whom) did you let go of this year? Why?* Letting go. Why is that always such a hard thing to do? I have friends who can travel the globe with nothing more than a change of clothes in their lightweight backpack. I could never do that for long periods of time. … Read more

Yesterday’s Reverb10 prompt was a hard one for me to answer: Wonder. How did you cultivate a sense of wonder in your life this year? When I think of wonder I immediately think of a child and all of the excitement, wonder and joy that come from seeing things and experiencing moments for the first … Read more

Pick one moment during which you felt most alive this year. I’m not sure that I can list just one moment, but here are a few that all involve time in North Carolina: Riding a boogie board with my husband on a relatively calm day. I attempted wave after wave without any luck. The waves … Read more

After reading a post at me in millions I decided to jump on this year’s Reverb10 band wagon. Prompt: One Word. Encapsulate the year 2010 in one word. Explain why you’re choosing that word. Now, imagine it’s one year from today, what would you like the word to be that captures 2011 for you? 2010 … Read more

A little question and answer session based on the inquiries of one of my readers: How did you get your name and what made you start blogging? One Frugal Girl actually came into creation at a very stressful time in my life. Five years ago I started a blog while recovering from surgery. One afternoon … Read more