Author: Christine

Christine http://www.mombie.com I'm a writer/storyteller/director/creativity & lifestory coach with a black belt in ITF Taekwon-do. I read voraciously and I write like my fingers are on fire. I'm the founder and Co-Chair of the Association for the Arts in Mount Pearl and I'm the current president of the St. John's Storytelling Festival. I bake a mean chocolate chip cookie.

I made a comic!

I took a comics workshop with Kevin Woolridge from Heavy Sweater Comics today and had a grand time.

A photo of a comic strip drawn on white paper
Image description: a top down photo of a comic drawn on a white sheet of paper. There is a pencil on the right and the base of a drink can be seen at the top of the photo. The comic is three panels. In the first panel, a ghost -shaped person who is wearing a shirt with the letter B on it and who has an angry expression is saying ‘Hey! That’s my hat!’ to another ghost shaped person who is wearing a hat with the letter B on it and a shirt with the letter M on it is replying ‘No man, this is mine.’ In the second panel the first guy says ‘Listen Mike, there’s a B on it for me, Bob.’ And Mike replies ‘Um, well…’ and in the third panel, Bob is there, alone, and he’s shouting, ‘Mike!’ But Mike has left, there are three lines on the right indicating that Mike zipped away.

Hmm, three working Fridays in a row

Today was another good work Friday.

That means three Fridays in a row have been good work days but all for different reasons.

The first one, our schedule had changed because we were isolating. I got on a roll with my work and could stick with it until the early evening.

Last week, I took my meds late and had an unexpectedly focused work session after supper.

Today, I made a plan and could stick with it even though I got interrupted and had to switch tasks unexpectedly a few times.

I wonder if I have been focusing on the wrong end of the week.

I have been trying to bring myself to a four day work week by taking Fridays off (it has rarely worked) but maybe I need to plan to work Friday and take Mondays off?

Irony, really

How ironic is it that, in the middle of an arts festival, I can’t seem to find time for any creative work?

I’m certainly not living by example this week.

Probably better for me to think of it as a seasonal thing and this is my season for providing opportunities for others to be creative.

Still, I’d like a bit of writing time, please.