Hunter Moon Homestead Journal

What I learned over the years, over the number of novels that I've written, is that fiction was a way for me to take those baby steps into being truly honest, and not worrying about my ego and really compassionately looking back at things that happened in the past.

At the dinner table last night, I shared that I feel a strong responsibility to gather up as much of the abundance that we have here, this time of year. So much labor over the past few months has gone into planting, weeding, fertilizing, watering, and tending to the garden and the green house and the orchard. So, I feel the need to honor the work, by working further, to harvest, and dry, and can, and pickle, and put in the freezer, until the frost takes all the life and puts it back into the soil.

I'm just creating a space where people don't have to feel like they're an artist to create. It really bothers me when people say “I'm not creative, I'm not an artist.” You are! We’re all creating all the time, we just don't think about it in those ways. I hope to offer a focused place with just a little bit of instruction and encouragement to get out of your box a little bit. I really want people to take the techniques that I give them here and go home and play and practice when they get home. Mainly I want to create a safe environment for for people to explore creativity, especially those who have never really let themselves do it before.