For your reading pleasure and inspiration:

Photo by Steve Hanna

• Some photos from the Festival of Quilts 2016.
• Helpful quotes about creativity.
• Beautiful poem.
• Just a week left to get your beach reading done.
• Thoughts of Steve Martin on the creative life.
• Boost your creativity.
• Tips for writers’ critique groups.
• For Beatrix Potter fans.
• The most famous statue in the world—its vulnerability, and how it came to be. (This is an incredibly long article, but if you’re an art nerd like me, you’ll want to read every word. Totally worth the time.)
• Beethoven quotes.