I feel like I have Christmas gifts for you wrapped in the closet and it’s still November. I’m so excited to post our 13 Creatives meditations starting in June. And already I’m receiving links from YOU READERS who are also participating and extending the conversation. I’ve already read a handful of inspiring examples of Courageous Creatives and I can’t wait to also share those posts with the rest of us. I think you will also be challenged and inspired.

I’m grateful for the gift of your attention.

As a thank you, feel free to send me a note (rossgale4 at gmail dot com) about what creative projects you’re working on. A story or a poem or an essay or whatever. I’d love to read it and it’s the least I can do. If you haven’t subscribed by email over to the right, I encourage you to do so.

Please let me know if you’ll be participating in the Creativity Blog Series “Bereshit Bara.” Feel free to write and post and send me the link as soon as you like. I’ll be sharing them all starting in June.

• This Sunday is Mother’s Day and I’ll be posting a short meditation from my mom on facing an empty nest and her latest trip to the art store.

• And then on Monday I’m sharing a huge treat, a guest post from a former collegiate basketball player now journalist and writer, Kristen Dalton, who’s reviewing Jonah Lehrer’s Imagine: How Creativity Works. This is quite a gift. The following is to help you get to know her a little bit: