Tag Archives: Beginnings

Storytelling for the Soul

Posted on June 30, 2025 by Bobbie Herron

Lately I’ve been wanting to create a collection of vignette stories around curious childhood memories. I hesitate, though, because they have no point. Perhaps that’s why I like them so much. Most of life has no point, right? It just … Continue reading →

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Telling Tales in a New Way

Posted on June 8, 2025 by Bobbie Herron

I’ve spent hours this week listening to The Art of Brevity, a brilliant celebration of “less is more.” “Flash fiction is a brook flowing through the woods. It is easy to step over, and it’s not big enough to be … Continue reading →

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“May I?” is a Great Question

Posted on May 4, 2025 by Bobbie Herron

The theme for May 2025 is giving ourselves permission to explore new hobbies, or “May I?” Do you give yourself permission to try whatever activity interests you? Many of us hesitate, saying it costs too much, or it’s too hard, … Continue reading →

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The Power and Purpose of Listening

Posted on March 23, 2025 by Bobbie Herron

Our ability to hear and our ability to listen are very different skills. They are as complex as the abilities to look and to see. Oxford language definitions: Hear – Verb: perceive with the ear the sound made by (someone … Continue reading →

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What’s Your Nugget?

Posted on January 1, 2025 by Bobbie Herron

Yesterday I began searching Double Take for the best story to end this three-month series of essays. Here it is— it’s about Endings and Beginnings, and is also a gentle challenge to you and to me. Are you facing something … Continue reading →

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Why not me? Why not you?

Posted on November 17, 2024 by Bobbie Herron

August 11th has been a powerful day for me… several times. In 1973, it was the day of a horrific car accident where my brother and I were both badly injured. Fast forward 41 years to 2014, August 11th was … Continue reading →

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No need to be in a city to be an “Urban” Sketcher!

Posted on October 6, 2024 by Bobbie Herron

For centuries painting outdoors has been referred to as “en plein air” painting. It is a French term that literally translates as “in full air,” and is used to describe artwork created outdoors, through observation of the scene in front … Continue reading →

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Your 8-Week Water Detective Certificate is almost ready!

Posted on September 8, 2024 by Bobbie Herron

What do you think of the seven secrets presented so far? Has anything surprised you? Isn’t it great to know that you were never missing an exotic watercolor tool, and that instead all you needed was a little more information … Continue reading →

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Publication Week is Here!

Posted on June 3, 2024 by Bobbie Herron

Yesterday I received the proof copy of the hardcover version of Look at That!- Second Edition, and if I do say so myself…it is GORGEOUS! Here are the details: On Wednesday June 5th, the eBook will be available. If you … Continue reading →

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Learning to Trust Your Creative Instincts

Posted on January 8, 2024 by Bobbie Herron

Sometimes when I am in the middle of painting a watercolor, a voice inside nudges me to take a photo midway through. Perhaps I have hit a place of hesitation, and I want a record of what it looked like … Continue reading →

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