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Winner of the 2021 Discovery Awards, Popular Fiction

Musings on creativity, simplicity, and doing good work.

whimsy: playful, unusual, or fanciful behavior or humor.

Leave space for whimsy.

March 10, 2023

Free Google Analytics 4 Water-Cooler Session

Free Google Analytics 4 Water-Cooler Session

December 22, 2022

Fava beans in the garden beds in winter

The garden and I are wintering

January 27, 2022

Pilot the dog with apples

Smile files, intrinsic marketing, and fall 🍏

October 3, 2021

Gouache and ink of farm fields

Filling empty spaces

April 10, 2021

New Year Vision Grid for You

New Year Vision Grid for You

December 31, 2020

Thoughtful, feel-good reads to cheer your winter

Thoughtful, feel-good reads to cheer your winter

December 14, 2020

Endings and beginnings of creative endeavors

Endings and Beginnings

November 6, 2020

Messy notebooks help get a creative project started

Two simple things to get a creative project started

November 6, 2020

What's happening around here...

While you’re making room for everyone and everyt

While you’re making room for everyone and everything else today, remember to leave space for your whimsy. Write a poem that no one will read, doodle in the margins, sing and dance in the kitchen, meander slowly around the block. Take a breath.

Sometimes this is all we need to rediscover our playful, peaceful selves.

More at sarahmattern.com/blog

Finding the center

Finding the center

Raining inside and out @fertilegroundworks

Raining inside and out @fertilegroundworks

The garden beds and I are wintering. sarahmattern.

The garden beds and I are wintering. sarahmattern.com/blog
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And also! If you’re in the Livermore area, check out the Fertile GroundWorks Plant Sale Fundraiser at fertilegroundworks.org/plant-sale and let us start some plants for your spring garden!

Want to support a good cause today? Consider don

Want to support a good cause today?

Consider donating to Fertile GroundWorks, a nonprofit that encourages, empowers, and teaches community members like me to grow healthy, nutritious food, organically and sustainably.

Today the Community Health & Education Foundation (CHEF) will generously match $1 for every $2 donated up to $5K for participating non-profits.

Donate here: https://chefgivingcommunity.org/GT2021

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Happy fall! I sure hope you’re doing well out th

Happy fall! I sure hope you’re doing well out there. Musings on smile files, intrinsic marketing, and fall are up at sarahmattern.com/blog

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