In her book Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert experiences the raw pleasures of delving one-pointedly into food, spiritual devotion and passionate love. While this was a paid writing vacation for her – could one be so blessed? – it enabled her to heal from a tumultuous marriage and divorce which she did quite successfully by […]
Author Archives: Christine Goyer-Swift
Journal From a Mom
Writing and journals are windows into my life, helping me stay sane and clear during chaos and fear, time and time again. It’s strange that I’m here on the Gorge waterway in Victoria—where I lived and played as a child—praying that my son will recover from this senseless head injury. It happened Sunday night, I […]
Art Class 101
I thought Mr. Richardson my high school art teacher was really cool. He had longish, wavy brown hair, a kind, deep voice and just the right amount of push to get students making art, even when art showed up in unexpected and unacceptable (to students) form. In the abstract painting part of our Creative Drawing […]
Right Now I Am
Right now I’m experiencing the peace that comes from acceptance of what is – and that peace sure took its time. Usually easygoing, carefree and content – well, don’t check with my husband – today I felt infused with low-grade anxiety, impatience, boredom, feeling uneasy and not knowing why, being perfectionistic, feeling tired and finding […]
August In A Hot, Hot Summer
It was August in a hot, hot summer. A walk-in-bare-feet-all-day kind of summer and swim-to-the-wharf-at-the-lake-and-bake kind of summer. That’s where we were, camping at the lake. We swam and got dusty, made stick-houses with the younger ones, and swam and got dusty all over again. Nights were fun too, with smoky fires, junk food and […]