Writing for Adults
After a great away time for a deep spiritual drop, I am back, a little. I am no longer writing for children. I do have some projects on...
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Maureen Bush
- Jan 22, 2018
After a long break
I’ve been away from this blog for a long time. In my deep dive into a quiet spiritual place, writing fell away as a discipline. I still...
Maureen Bush
- Mar 22, 2017
Meditating in the Garden
I’ve been working on some writing projects – or rather, the working is happening. I don’t know the words for this – only that’s it’s not...
Maureen Bush
- Mar 17, 2017
Calgary Through The Eyes of Writers
Shaun Hunter’s project Calgary Through the Eyes of Writers features The Veil Weavers today. I love the timing, days before a city council...
Maureen Bush
- Feb 26, 2017
Writing or Not Writing?
I’ve done very little writing in the last few months – instead, this time has been about deepening, becoming quieter, more still. Odds...
Maureen Bush
- Nov 24, 2016
Let The Story Be
I came across the phrase people who love the interior world a while ago. I love this – it completely explains where I find myself right...
Maureen Bush
- Nov 7, 2016
Organic Editing
It turns out that writing as meditation is no easier with a cold than regular writing. Brain fog is brain fog. But it cleared,...
Maureen Bush
- Oct 11, 2016
Not Writing
Writing hasn’t been happening. It’s like I get up a little steam, an idea that I’m ready to leap in with, and any energy for leaping...
Maureen Bush
- Sep 26, 2016
Words Words Words
I watched a murder of crows congregate in a spruce tree across the street, cawing to call others to join them. Another group cawed back...
Maureen Bush
- Sep 19, 2016
Writing Without Angst
In my post-spiritual-shift life, many things have changed. Oddly, animals seem less afraid. This little guy was in a tree nearby when we...
Maureen Bush
- Sep 10, 2016
Inspiration Returning
I’m a long term Buddhist and meditater. Early this year I had a deep fall into a spiritual shift – what some teachers call an awakening,...
Maureen Bush
- May 27, 2016
Another Day in the Garden
The light is different this morning, overcast and green. I took another round of photos, hoping the blues would be better today (they...
Maureen Bush
- May 26, 2016
Flowering in the Garden
The light was perfect this morning for flower photos, so I went wild. Here’s one of the good ones. Maureen
Maureen Bush
- Mar 10, 2016
Hiking Before the Wind
The wind was forecast to come howling through, so we headed out early for our Thursday hike, in hopes of beating the wind. It was...
Maureen Bush
- Mar 7, 2016
Quizzed on Cursed
Wednesday I hung out with the grade 5s of Falconridge School. They quizzed me on Cursed. I’d claimed almost everything in it was drawn...
Maureen Bush
- Mar 1, 2016
Workshopping Stories
Last Wednesday, I spent the day talking about writing, after they read Feather Brain, and workshopping writing with grade 3/4 kids at...
Maureen Bush
- Feb 28, 2016
Being A Writer
I wasn’t sure I was a writer anymore, for a little while, as I go through some deep internal changes. But I seem to be coming back to it,...
Maureen Bush
- Jan 19, 2016
Walking on Water
Today, I walked on water and was blinded by the light. Well, okay, I walked on ice. On snow over ice, on frozen Lake Minnewanka. It was...
Maureen Bush
- Jan 18, 2016
The Closet Under the Stairs
A kid-friend was thrilled to discover we have a closet under the stairs, Harry Potter style. The door’s on the end instead of the side,...
Maureen Bush
- Jan 10, 2016
Fueled By Hope
Mark and I have started a new project. We’re trying to figure out what getting to zero carbon would look like at our house. We’ll tackle...
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