The Inspiring Bee

Finding purpose in climate action.

Tag: Hawaii writer

  • Fall Season Fun

    Tweet Sorry I’ve been so out of touch lately. My excuses start with baby and end with work. Not much in-between time to do the fun stuff like blogging. But while I have a few minutes, I wanted to share a fall quickie that’s add a touch of autumn to our all-year-round summer Hawaii home….

  • How to Hang a Backless Frame

    Tweet At the last minute, I decided our kitchen wall needed a few more personal photos. That’s what happens when you’re home all day with a new baby. Now that we’ve added a little bundle of blue to our family, hanging up a montage of all of our mugshots seemed fitting. The only trouble? Not…

  • The Bad News Is You’re Discouraged. The Good News is You’re Discouraged!

    Tweet When I started blogging, I was in my late twenties. Things were different then. I was energetic and enviously ambitious, even naively so. But time changes things. Your priorities shift. Where relationship and career were my own two motivations in life, now a growing family, my health and owning a home seem to take…

  • Happy 2013!

    Tweet It’s my last post of the year. 2012 was a scary year with lots of unexpected surprises thrown in the mix. My husband and I finally made our move to Hawaii halfway through. I said goodbye to a lot of good friends. And I pushed myself full force into the writing world here. It…

  • In Celebration of Fall

    Tweet I wrote this poem in 2007, but wanted to bring it to life. Read it and interpret it as you will. But to me, it represents the fleetingness of nature and also the ephemeralness of life. As a writer, it also symbolizes our desire to create something lasting that will remain even as we…

  • How to Get Through Life’s Growing Pains

    Tweet Who we are is always in the process of becoming. Although we might not know it, there is room to grow even in the fullest of blossoms. That’s because sometimes growth means a death, a letting go of who we were in order to become who we were meant to be. It’s not in…