A Room of My Own
by Nicola Burnell
For too many years my New Year’s Resolution was to Finish My Novel. I was forever stumbling under the endless assault of life's distractions. My internal critic reigned supreme: "You shouldn't be wasting your time talking to people in your head when you have REALLY IMPORTANT things to do!"
This year I have a new goal: Rewrite My Novel.
In November, 2009, I did something completely outrageous and utterly self indulgent - I stepped out of my over-scheduled life and took myself on a mini writer’s retreat to Falmouth’s Beach Rose Inn.
I had three days and two nights to jump start my creative engines and convince the characters I’d left dangling in limbo that I was ready to let them complete their stories.
From Estonia to Cape Cod: Recent Landscapes
by Sarah Son-Theroux
The Cape Cod Museum of Art will open the second annual Arthur J. McMurtry Memorial Exhibition on February 27.
The exhibit, which features plein air artist Sarah Son-Theroux, will run from February 27 through April 11, 2010. CCMA Curator Michael Giaquinto will give a gallery talk on Thursday, April 1 at 1:00 p.m.
The exhibition features landscapes Sarah Son-Theroux has painted over the last several years, including those she did as a Fulbright Scholar in Estonia during 2007 and 2008.
Giving an Old Coat a New Life
by Kristin Stewart
There is an old Yankee saying: “Necessity is the mother of invention.” In my case, necessity mixed with a little creativity gave birth to a new company: Coat Totes.
I found myself in need of a good handbag. But I couldn’t find one that I liked. They were all too big or too small, to bright or too dull, too heavy or too long. You get the idea.
I have some experience with a sewing machine, so I thought I would make myself the perfect bag. But I like pockets, and I don’t know how to sew nice pockets. This led me to think, “What sorts of things exist with pockets already that I could deconstruct and use to make a bag?”
An anthology of poetry, fiction and memoir about Cape Cod. Available at bookstores or email GillianHDrake@aol.com
