The Inspiring Bee

Finding purpose in climate action.

  • Be Shameless

    There’s been something weird going on with me lately. Or maybe it’s been like this for awhile. I noticed that every time I create something, I have a tinge of something. Something that comes from a deep place, but difficult to put my finger on. Then, I started getting signs of what it could be….

  • Creative Friday the 13th: More Calendar Months

    It’s Friday again. Yay! My favorite day of the week. On top of slowly writing my little short story, I’m also working on my calendar still. The more months I add to it, the more I think they’d be real pretty on a clothesline clipped with my crafty clothespins.  But for now, they’re hanging atop…

  • The Happiest Giveaway Ever on The Inspiring Bee

    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. There’s nothing like a good book to lift me out of whatever deep dark well I’ve fallen in. As a child, books like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and A Wrinkle in Time took me out of the doldrums of long public school days and lonely only…

  • Where Inspiration Comes From

    Yes, sometimes inspiration comes in beautiful things-in waterfalls, quiet carpets of green sprawling grass, in the smile of a child. But most often the most profound moments come to us in grief, when we’ve fallen down, broken in, cracked on the the inside and have nothing left to give. It’s during these times that we…

  • Creative Friday: Painted Calendars

    I missed you guys last Friday. But I’m back with a new project. I’m still working my way through my 2012 calendars. It’s a slow and imperfect process. Yet, that’s what creativity is, isn’t it? It’s all about the journey, not the destination. So here are my February and March months: The inspiration for these…

  • Making Meaning in 2012

    When I reflect back on 2011, I see a bunch of foggy days wrapped up tight, stuffed and oozing out like a burrito from a food truck. It may taste delicious all and all, but the sight…well it ain’t for sore eyes. In 2012, I want more. I want to rediscover meaning and purpose and…

  • New Year’s Day Every Day

    Once in awhile someone will cross your path by chance and you know it’s for a purpose. I felt that way about this lady, and I feel the same way about my guest blogger Cindy Scheopner. Her story below brings me hope about the possibility of changing our lives. Not just on New Year’s Day,…