Painting. Acting. Writing. Poetry. Many of us are drawn to explore the creative arts as we age and the guest on this week’s Crow’s Feet Podcast has written a book about it called Bloom. Janice Mason Steeves is a painter who was called in a dream to write the book. She interviewed scores of artists who described their creative journeys and explained how art has helped them find their voices, know themselves better, and become more enlightened. Betsy Allen hosts. Listen to the podcast episode here.
Our Stories
Are you still living in such a big house that you have to call your spouse by phone when you’re both inside the home because the distances are so great? Maybe it’s time to get a smaller place that meets your needs. Robin James, who is the maven of prompts here at Crow’s Feet, asks you to write about downsizing. Here’s her prompt.
Even before Robin shared her writing prompt, house size and home ownership were on the mind of several writers. Two of them shared opposing views.
Victoria Corindi wrote about wanting to be free of maintenance responsibilities in I Don’t Want to Be a Homeowner Anymore.
J. Avery Stewart loves having a house big enough to entertain grandchildren, as he describes in In Retirement We’re Still Living in Our Dream Home.
Sheila Tracy tells us about people who made some housing choices that turned out to be questionable. Read I Can’t Decide Which of My Two Friends Made Worse Real Estate Decisions.
If you’re trying to decide what is the best plan for you in retirement, you might get some ideas from John Egelkrout who tells us what he’s learned during his first year after retiring. Read Observations After One Year of Retirement.
Finally a riff on life by William Mersey who says he’s still fired up to make his mark on the world. Read When I’m 74.
Writing Workshops
If you want to work on your writing skills, Crow’s Feet is offering two writing workshop series in May, led by writing coach Roz Warren. If you’d like to enroll, here are the details.
Until next week,
Nancy Peckenham, Editor
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