Pandemic: A Personal View
I have had pandemic on my mind since last April. I can assure you that I am not a …
Author Archives: Dottye Law Currin
A previous writing, revisited
Sometimes a prompt can take us to very unexpected places, particularly if there are very specific instructions within the prompt. …
Seasons
This post is based on a prompt given at our last writing retreat: “The trees are about to show us …
What’s in a Number?
1 day-long writing workshop that brought us together. 13 bereaved mothers seeking a way to write ourselves to wholeness. 14 …
A Scarf Collection
I’ve never considered myself a “collector” as such. When I think of that term, I picture someone with boxes of …
This New Year!
I am grateful to be starting this new year with virtually a clean slate. That is especially nice because 2016 …
Home
I might never leave home again. Seriously, three weeks into our return – after being displaced by a horrific …
Telling the Whole Story
[The back porch is what I loved about the house on first visit. In the few weeks we were living …
The visible and the in-
The prompt “The visible and the in-” by Marge Piercy makes me think of the notes I wrote in January in …
The Back Porch…
I’d always wanted a back porch. A place to sit and relax in the morning sun listening to the birds …
“I told my life I would like some time; I would like to try seeing others.”
Indeed, that is one of the driving forces in the decision my husband and I made to sell our farm. …
Mother’s Day Reflections
I have some great memories of special Mother’s Day gifts from all my children, and being the pack rat that …
More random thoughts from a road trip…
Being alone in the car is a perfect place to let the tears roll down without disturbing anyone or requiring …
Random thoughts on a road trip…
I like to drive. It’s a good thing, too, because where my husband and I choose to live and where …
Behind Closed Doors
Prompt: Behind Closed Doors Immediately I think of privacy – in my own room. Also, the oft spoken phrase of …
Getting Here
One of the writing “devices” Carol has encouraged us to use is an acrostic using a phrase or name or …
Ordinary and Discovery
Carol often uses the “Before and After” exercise to develop a prompt – asking the participants at the writing workshop …
Six degrees…
Often Carol (Henderson) is asked to facilitate a writing event based on our book Farther Along and as many of our …
An Invocation – 2
Loving Father, Nurturing Mother, I could pray for world peace – that all the wars across the globe among nations …
Sweet Pea
I have always admired people who could remember their dreams, often recalling in great detail the story that unwound in …
Farther Along 