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Alphabet Salad

 Dawn Storey ― http://www.alphabetsalad.com

...an eclectic assortment of rants and ramblings

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Listed: Mar 6, 2012

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Questions on self-image

Questions on self-image

Alphabet Salad ― What if you suddenly discovered that some long-held, deeply ingrained, negative belief about yourself was a complete and utter lie? What if for one moment you chose to see yourself the way others saw you, instead of through your own jaded, ...

Tags: Rants &amp, Ramblings

Dawn Storey ― 1 week 3 days ago

Questions on creative self-confidence

Questions on creative self-confidence

Alphabet Salad ― When you refer to yourself a writer, a photographer, an artist, a creative person – do you ever feel like a fraud? Like you’re willfully labeling yourself with something that you desperately want to be true, but that may not actually...

Tags: Creativity

Dawn Storey ― 2 weeks 2 days ago

Comfort

Alphabet Salad ― After years of tossing and turning on the hard and poke-y springs of the old, uncomfortable, instrument of torture that was my far past its prime bed, I finally have something new in my life. King-sized, pillow-topped, heaven-in-a-mattress. This...

Tags: House &amp, Home

Dawn Storey ― 3 weeks 3 days ago

Just write

Just write

Alphabet Salad ― Inspired by the concept of “Morning Pages” from Julia Cameron’s “The Artist’s Way” (see my previous post for details), I’ve been working on developing a daily writing habit – three pages, longhand, ...

Tags: Blogging &amp, Writing

Dawn Storey ― 5 weeks 1 day ago

Party Planning

Party Planning

Alphabet Salad ― A few small reminders to a perfectionist self when feeling anxious about the impending arrival of friends who have never before visited your house but are coming by tonight: This house is old… very, very old. It will never be perfect, and ...

Tags: House &amp, Home

Dawn Storey ― 5 weeks 1 day ago

The Artist’s Way

The Artist’s Way

Alphabet Salad ― Throughout the years I’ve known of several friends who have worked through The Artist’s Way (by Julia Cameron), a twelve-week program which “teaches techniques and exercises to assist people in gaining self-confidence in ...

Tags: Creativity

Dawn Storey ― 5 weeks 1 day ago

Tap tap tap… is this thing on?

Tap tap tap… is this thing on?

Alphabet Salad ― After ongoing nagging spasms of guilt over NOT writing, characterized by agonies over what on earth I should DO (beyond “just write!”) to get back in the groove of creativity, and culminating in an inspiration-seeking Facebook post...

Tags: Rants &amp, Ramblings

Dawn Storey ― 7 weeks 2 days ago

Photo A Day Challenge – February 2013, Week 2

Photo A Day Challenge – February 2013, Week 2

Alphabet Salad ― This month I’m participating in the February photo a day challenge. I’m sharing my photos daily on Instagram, Twitter, and Flickr, and weekly here on Alphabet Salad. (Clicking on any of the photos below will take you to my Flickr...

Tags: Photo A Day Challenge

Dawn Storey ― 18 weeks ago

Sunday Summary – Life in a Flurry Edition

Sunday Summary – Life in a Flurry Edition

Alphabet Salad ― Happy February! At the risk of sounding trite, I seriously can’t believe we’re already into the second month of 2013. Life is certainly flying by! Well, it’s flying by for me, anyway, in a flurry of Italian classes, work, web ...

Tags: Rants &amp, Ramblings

Dawn Storey ― 19 weeks ago

Sunday Summary – Light at the End of the Tunnel Edition

Alphabet Salad ― After four months of very interesting times (“May you live in interesting times” – isn’t that supposed to be a curse?!), I do believe we can see a tiny pinprick of light winking at us from the end of the tunnel. Peter went ...

Tags: Rants & Ramblings

Dawn Storey ― 20 weeks ago

Sunday Summary – Pulled in All Directions Edition

Alphabet Salad ― I am exhausted! This past week has been a flurry of work (at my main part-time job), book club, Italian class, dinner and project meeting with friends, work (at my new short-term part-time job), studying, web design, re-learning CSS, squeezing in...

Tags: Rants & Ramblings

Dawn Storey ― 21 weeks ago

Sunday Summary – Life Got Busy Edition

Alphabet Salad ― I mulled over some ideas, I drafted a couple of posts, I had the best of intentions… I promise! But transitioning from a blissful two-week holiday break and plenty of time to myself to the busy-ness of my regular schedule proved to be a bit ...

Tags: Rants & Ramblings

Dawn Storey ― 22 weeks ago

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