Category: Writing
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Personal Writing Retreats Are Back!
For some reason, I stopped going away on my own mini writing retreats. Perhaps, it is because we have been traveling so much. Perhaps, I thought that it was too much of a personal luxury. Perhaps, I just forgot that they had a purpose beyond just the writing focus. After having just gone on one…
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Path to Writing
I’m sitting here with a stack of printed pages that mark various expressions of my written work. One is a draft of the poetry book I want to publish, but need to read them to find themes and possibly re-order or reword. The other is a mere 82 pages of my novel that is finally…
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Yoga Writing Retreat
For some time, I have been thinking about going on a retreat for myself. I hadn’t been on one since my yoga teacher training program when we went to Bali for a week. At that time, I didn’t love the retreat experience, but was very glad I had done it. Since arriving in Italy, I’ve…
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It’s Happened!
Well, I did it! 🎉 Although I hadn’t expected this one to be my first book, I am not complaining. My dream of being a published author is now a reality, and it feels amazing! Even though I’m not particularly a perfectionist, I do have doubts about how it will be received, but I start…
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In the clouds
When we are above the cloudsThe sun shines and the sea of white Rolls to eternity The soft pillows of fluff lay the groundFor the angels to roam and play It is a small piece of heaven that We can touch In a plane In our dreams Inevitably we must descend The puffs stretch into wisps Then turbulence hitsAs our view…
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A poem: Life Just Is
Life just is – a wandering of this world trying to discover what will unfurl. Life just is – a string of experiences some good, some bad, some open doors, others fences. Life just is – a chance to learn about ourselves, about others, about on what we should concern. Life just is – but…
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Happiness in May
Happiness is the waking of the dawnwhen the birds sing their songto catch their bugs and worms, when the air is fresh and there are no termswhen it’s quiet before human activity beginsto overwhelm and override their sins. Happiness is that feeling of familiarityseeing the world with comfortable clarity,knowing what’s around the bendand hoping the…
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Hello There, It’s Me!
Below is a piece that I wrote in a short three-week “Adoption Writing Experience” class that I have been taking. Today is sadly the last of the series, but it has made me fall in love with writing again. So, thank you, 🙏🏽AP! 💞 “Within two days on my own, I feel as if I’ve…
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Here, Now
Wrote this about a month ago, but never got around to posting it. It hasn’t been edited, but came about in my morning meditation as I focused on my breath ~inhale here ~exhale now: A newborn baby cries swathed in his mother’s arms;She whispers, “I’m here with you right now.” A toddler takes her tentative…
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#WhySheWrites
It seems suitable to kick off May and also restart my concerted effort to write regularly again with a challenge by #whyshewrites – as first noticed by a fellow writer @kamsinkaneko from #theslowpath. I have been meaning to get myself back into the habit, but, well, excuses abound and one thing leads to another so…
