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I have been working my way through The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron for the second time. I first read it back in 2022 and that is when I first started working on my novel, Dandelion: Mother of Weeds. I didn’t realize it then, but I was writing series of books as the protagonist ages from maiden to mother, to crone. I still feel the urge to work on Dandelion, Stray, and Sparrow, the three-part series, but recent life events have prevented me from writing at all. The best I ca
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Aug 183 min read


All About Olive- July 30, 2026
This month my eldest daughter had a life-threatening medical emergency. She woke up with intense abdominal pain, after ignoring a persistent stomachache for weeks, and had to be rushed to the ER by a friend. Luckily, her friend was awake, and by some mystical energetic motherhood connection, I was also awake when she sent me a text message at 4:12 AM telling me she was on her way to the hospital. A CT scan revealed a perforated appendix, and an emergency appendectomy was perf
lisaillenedavid
Jul 303 min read
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