Rose, I wonder if you'd like to do The Artist's Way with me? Have you heard of that? It's a practice that has you exploring the joy of expressing yourself creatively, in a sort of mildly structured way; many people do it in groups and share what comes up for them. Of course it's free -- and of course in Los Angeles there are people who charge big bucks to "lead" the course
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Is that something you'd be interested in looking at? I would love to do it with you! I meant to do it this past winter, but got sidetracked by.... all that crap.