by Terra Osterling | Mar 3, 2011 | How I got "here"
My birthday is just around the corner so now seems like a good time for a facelift. What do you think of the new theme?
by Terra Osterling | Feb 27, 2011 | Block Cutting and Printing, Business of Freelance Writing, Creative Pursuits, How I got "here", Inspiration, Letterpress, Writing
First, show no fear. One day last week I return home from work to find “evidence” that a pest has invaded our house. A puddle on my desk and droppings here and there make that much clear. I presume a mouse, so buy an armful of mousetraps and, grumbling like a lunatic,...
by Terra Osterling | Jan 30, 2011 | Creative Pursuits, Experiences, How I got "here", Inspiration, Motivation
Snowbanked The depths of winter are a place of stark realities. Last week, winter nearly froze me in place. It works like that for those of us who live deep in winter country, literally and figuratively. Snow banks the size of Volkswagen beetles tag team against us...
by Terra Osterling | Jan 16, 2011 | Creative Pursuits, Finding the artist in me, How I got "here"
Guitar Picks Three years ago I decided to buy an acoustic guitar with the notion that I would learn to play to awaken my creativity and exercise my brain. I freely confess that I have never before played a musical instrument, cannot sing, and cannot read music. I go...
by Terra Osterling | Dec 19, 2010 | How I got "here"
I once cracked open a fortune cookie to find this inside: Read in order to live. I keep it in the ID sleeve in my wallet. I am a Reader and I cannot live my life without all that I learn from books, magazines, newspapers, online news, blogs, e-books, essays, cereal...
by Terra Osterling | Nov 30, 2010 | Experiences, How I got "here"
A journey usually has a simple beginning, just as a transformation must begin with our ordinary selves. I asked my mother not long ago, What did I like to do when I was a little kid? The answer was no surprise; I would entertain myself with reading, making crafts or...
