When the radiance of the human spirit shines through in a transformative way, I am inspired. That is especially true when the transformation happens in the midst of a journey into darkness. A House in the Sky Amanda Lindhout & Sara Corbett Amanda Lindhout’s memoir is an amazing account of transcending one of […]
HEART PONDERINGS … sharing with you the things I keep in my heart
Where do I begin?
More than a half, maybe as much as two-thirds of my life as a writer is rewriting. I wouldn’t say I have a talent that’s special. It strikes me that I have an unusual kind of stamina. John Irving For the past six weeks, since attending Antioch Writer’s Workshop (AWW), I’ve been busy rewriting. My […]
Andre Dubus III Won My Heart
The second week in July, I attended the Antioch Writer’s Workshop. What an exhausting and exhilarating week. The benefits continue to accrue. Here’s my first installment. Andre Dubus III gave the keynote address on Saturday evening and then taught the Master Class on Sunday morning. What a ball of energy he is. I would […]
Poetry at Antioch Writer’s Workshop
This week, July 12-18, I’m attending Antioch Writer’s Workshop in Yellow Springs, Ohio. I’m learning a lot. Today I learned about Minimal Poems from Chris DeWeese, an Assistant Professor of Poetry at Wright State University. Minimal poems can have as few as one word. That surprised me. Chris invited us to write a poem […]
Honoring an Encourager
Encouragement from any source is like a drop of rain upon a parched desert. Thanks to all the many others who rained on me when I needed it, and even when I foolishly thought I didn’t. Claire Gillian Fifteen years ago, while listening to my daughter tell our story, Julie looked at me at least […]
My Intention: Wholehearted Engagement
…we must dare to show up and let ourselves be seen. This is vulnerability. This is daring greatly. Brené Brown I place a star next to the paragraph I just highlighted in my copy of Brené Brown’s book, Daring Greatly, where she writes about the vulnerability of putting our writing out into the world with […]
