Ashley Welton Lake∆Clarifying your message, one word at a time

My home is full of stuff that I truly truly love, and I’m constantly pruning. It’s in no way austere and I’m far from a minimalist, but the contents are very intentional. People who visit have called it the Zen Den becuase it’s warm and full of personality...

Roark watched as the mountains eclipsed the sun—night descended early here and he welcomed it. Murmuring the incantation over the medallion, he evoked a violet hue which pulled him in the direction of his pursuit—toward the mountains. Not surprising...

Most people don’t have much ‘use’ for poetry. Its mysteries and meanings don’t reveal themselves easily; the storyline is not always clear. What use is poetry?
Poetry’s power (its use if we must) is that it is both cathartic and transformative. It is a tool and a gift. Poetry gives form to the mystery and representation to emotion....

The polarity off hustle and flow in life creates this perfect tension, like the meniscus of water in a glass. Combined, hustle and flow yield a balance—a sweetness—that makes life feel pretty blissful.
The problem is that most people are all hustle and no flow or all flow and no hustle (rarer, but I know a few—Hawaii seems to breed them)....