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Be the Frog. With Thanks to Nicolas Chamfort

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 17, 20212 min read

Be the Frog. With Thanks to Nicolas Chamfort

So, turns out that American man of letters Mark Twain did not famously say, “if the first thing you do in the morning is eat a live frog,...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 11, 20211 min read

Power Recipe #4: Get Unreasonable

“Get unreasonable and everything’s possible; if you get reasonable you are going to have to lower your standards and drop down to what...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 3, 20212 min read

An Unpredictable Weekend

I had planned to be much on the move – going here, going there, doing this, doing that. Then I hit a pothole and my bike (Suzuki 650)...

In the ballroom at the Airport Sheraton Hotel…

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 27, 20211 min read

In the ballroom at the Airport Sheraton Hotel…

“In the ballroom at the Airport Sheraton Hotel, a team of men and women sit inside separate booths, curtained off from each other. They...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 20, 20210 min read

Oh, Why Not?

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 13, 20210 min read

Mailbox Poetry Volume 1

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 6, 20211 min read

When the Door Opens

The moment you accept what troubles you’ve been given, the door will open. Rumi

“Art is the means we have of undoing the damage of haste. It’s what everything else isn’t.”

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 30, 20211 min read

“Art is the means we have of undoing the damage of haste. It’s what everything else isn’t.”

― THEODORE ROETHKE It’s Not too Late or too Silly to Indulge Your Creativity Steampunk Chicken: Opening the Mind with Surrealist Art “The...

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 23, 20213 min read

Lynda Barry Daily Image Journal

This blog post is an excerpt from my book, The Writer’s Toy Chest. In her book What It Is Lynda calls the Daily Image Journal “noticing...

Must You Write? Dig Deep Into Yourself for the Answer.

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 16, 20211 min read

Must You Write? Dig Deep Into Yourself for the Answer.

German-language poet Rainer Maria Rilke tells us: “This most of all: ask yourself in the most silent hour of your night: must I write?...

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 10, 20211 min read

The Art of (Collage) Stripping

Junk mail collage art: Gina Greenlee Creating junk mail art is a great visual art practice if you don’t already have one. It’s the...

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 3, 20214 min read

PLAY!

No Alarms, Doodling and You at Age 3 Ever notice how kids play? When they make up stories they roll from one idea to the next. Mikey...

Power Recipe #3: “Get the Money Up Front…”

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 25, 20211 min read

Power Recipe #3: “Get the Money Up Front…”

“Get the money up front. If they ain’t payin’ your rent, pay them no mind. Play with all the colors in the crayon box. Don’t take life...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 18, 20211 min read

Fun with Free Magazines

Very old ones donated to the library. I read ‘em then play with the images.

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 10, 20210 min read

Mailbox Oracle

Overfunctioning Recovery: Lessons from Playing Diner Dash

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 3, 20213 min read

Overfunctioning Recovery: Lessons from Playing Diner Dash

Seven years ago I discovered the video game Diner Dash. One night I played four hours. I was enjoying myself, racking up points and...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 28, 20211 min read

Whoa, steady girl…

This plot twist has me woozy… Go ’head. Get Your Read On. AVAILABLE NOW ON AMAZON

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 21, 20214 min read

A Dating Story: Sunk Cost Bias

Early in my 15 years of living in Connecticut I knew no one, and sought companionship and boredom-free living through personal ad dating....

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 14, 20211 min read

I told him, “Look…

… you stayed out with your boys last night. Tonight? I’m about my book.” ◊ ◊ ◊ Go ’head. Get Your Read On. Available now on Amazon

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 8, 20214 min read

Did Your Family Throw Plates?

The headline comes from journalist Warren Berger’s The Book of Beautiful Questions. The question is intended to find out about conflict...