Beginning today, Jacki Kellum will offer a free online challenge: Write Morning Pages to restore your inner balance, to restore your creativity, and to make yourself whole. Although writing is the vehicle for this restoration, Writing Morning Pages is not about creative writing–it is not merely for writers. Writing Morning Pages is an activity that…
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Jacki Kellum Will Begin Teaching Watercolor Classes the First Week of January 2026
Jacki Kellum Watercolor Classes Begin this Week. Classes available for mornings, afternoons, and nights. Forest Daffodil – Jacki Kellum Watercolor. My new watercolor students will paint this tomorrow at 9:30. More classes available–including a night class. It is not too late to get into a class. Call or text now: Class Cost: $35 per class,…
Missing My Trips to New York City — Especially During December — Preparing for the Coming of the Wise Men to Bring the Light Again
Christmas in New York City Image Credit: Central Park For a moment, allow me to remind everyone that I grew up in the Cotton Patch Country of Southeast Missouri. Although I profess to be a writer now, I grew up with a tiny library and few reading opportunities, and although I profess to be a…
Time to Set Some Concrete Goals for the Coming Year One Month at a Time – Free Printable Calendar & Planning Pages for January
I have already talked about my resolve to become more balanced in the coming year, Seeking to Find My Balance in the New Year But before today, I had no plan for how I’d achieve that elusive balance. It is already January 3, and today, I’ll lay out a more concrete set of goals: Here…
Winter Drawing Challenge – Free – Draw with Jacki Kellum
Facebook reminded me that 3 years ago today, I started my new year with a determination to draw something every day. I plan to do that again this year. Ironically, at a New Year’s Eve party last night, a young artist showed me his recent drawings, and he told me he had vowed to draw…
For Auld Lang Syne – For Old Time’s Sake – Honoring My Past, Cherishing My Present, and Looking Forward
If you sang For Auld Lang Syne last night, you should thank the 18th Century Scots Poet Robert Burns for the lyrics. “Auld Lang Syne” is a Scots phrase meaning “old long since,” or more poetically, “for old time’s sake,” referring to times long past and cherished friendships, with the song urging us to remember…
Thoughts on New Year’s Eve: To God Be the Glory. His Work Is Not Done
Three years ago, Doubleday for Young Reader [a division of Penguin Random House] published my picture book The Donkey’s Song. Since the day that my editor acquired my book [about 5 years ago], I have repeatedly told everyone who would listen that everything about my picture book and its publication is miraculous. In fact, every…