Happiness 8-30
the statue lifting her hand and touching your shoulder; being offered the letter on a silver platter; digging.
Author: winslow eliot
Ha, Ha, Ha!
There are all sorts of ways to make people laugh. Here are ten of them.
Happiness 8-29
the seat of your pants sticky and bright from sliding down the rainbow; toys coming to life; a peacock feathers in the sun.
Happiness 8-28
the stream meandering right up to your front door; traveling on the back of Old Sea Turtle; finishing the symphony.
Happiness 8-27
dancing in the gazebo after everyone else has left; the cricket explaining things; rain after intense, hot sorrow.
Happiness 8-26
Tahitian gardenias in moonlight; listening to waves rustling on the sand; going into your den at dawn and snuggling with your baby foxes.
Happiness 8-25
discovering the underwater cave; seeking justice – finding mercy; crossing the plains before winter.
Writing through the Year
The fourth volume of Writing through the Year – AUTUMN – is now available! Heartfelt gratitude to Claudia at Telemachus Press who made this possible. Here’s from a review of the earlier volumes: “Winslow Eliot knows a writer’s soul intimately because she herself is a writer, and a fine one at that. She has used Read more about Writing through the Year[…]
Happiness 8-24
the owl whispering in your ear; the cactus blooming again; a strange noise that turns out to be a welcome surprise.
Happiness 8-23
sunlight on piles of antique stained glass; gold glitter pouring upward from her palm; dancing during afternoon tea
Writespa #73 – Hey, Beautiful!
In my editing practice, two words that writers overuse when they’re describing characters they want to impress you with are “beautiful” and “handsome.”
What, exactly, are they trying to say? What makes someone appear beautiful?
Especially irritating to me is when an author writes: “She used to be beautiful, but now she had a few wrinkles around her eyes…”
Argh. Irk. You’d be much better off saying,“She used to be twenty-two…” […]
Happiness 8-22
stretching your arms as high as the moon; lifting the rock and finding a small door; landing on her shoulder.
Happiness 8-21
merrily parting ways; hundreds of redwings in the field; the road leading back to your door.
Happiness 8-20
pelicans and herons asleep in the mangroves; a lightning storm on the far side of the bay; greeted with a bouquet of flowers from the garden.
Happiness 8-19
cake and presents; playing pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey; coming to the end of the trail and deciding to go on.
Happiness 8-18
a circular slant of light; finding yourself transported back in time; the kindness of strangers.
What Would You Do If….?
Through inspiring and original practices, meditations, and improvisations, this book takes you on a journey that will activate aspects of your life that are currently buried under daily life, obligations, duties, feelings of guilt, pressure, stress… […]
Happiness 8-17
the sweetest crescent moon; papaya salad; stepping onto the gangplank.
Happiness 8-16
her eyelashes resting on her cheeks; exploring the riverbed; being silly.
Happiness 8-15
woken by a crash of thunder; arriving at the temple of Banteay Srei in Cambodia; the grapes ripening.
Happiness 8-14
the horse and the donkey; a series of unexpected events that leads to amazement; curled up on a window-seat with a mystery.
Happiness 8-13
four quartz crystals in a pool of water; opening the drawer and finding a mysterious charm bracelet; the shepherd home from the hill.