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I Packed Away
I packed away tights with ruffled hineys And onesies that snap on the bottom And overalls Made of navy blue …
Sharing a Room
From the time I can remember, my mom has talked about sharing a room with her little sister, incidentally my …
Don’t Come Today
This was written the day after returning from our spring writing retreat at the beach. One of Carol’s prompts for …
Holiday Dimmed
The Christmas holiday officially ended for us today when our older daughter and her husband headed back to New York …
Tombstones: “It breaks the heart/ that stone holds/ what time let go.”
No tombstoning when placing stories on the newspaper page, I used to advise my students. So much language of death …
Sunrise Sea Shell
I know I am special despite all the various shells that lie in heaps left behind from the high tide …
A bereaved mother speaks
On Facebook Peggy shared this opinion piece from The Washington Post by Ann Hood, and I thought that those of …
Ruby Crowned Kinglets and Healing Sound
Several of our group shared a book reading and signing at Pomegranate Books, an independent bookstore in Wilmington, last Thursday. …
Disappeared
“How often will the vast emptiness astonish me like a complete novelty, and make me say, ‘I never realized my …
Autumn
Fall brings beautiful leaves and crisp days that remind me that winter is drawing near. Apple turnovers slide out of …
Farther Along Writers Aloft in Champtoce-sur-Loire
A few years ago, our writing group decided that to mark ten years of writing together, we would travel to …
My Favorite Season
Autumn is my favorite time of year–always has been. Starting about mid-August, I welcome the soft shift in light; the …
The space between cicadas
I listened to the hum of cicadas winding down the summer while in the mountains with my two-year-old granddaughter last …
Farther Along at Quail Ridge
Eight of us read and signed books at Quail Ridge Books and Music in Raleigh on Thursday, August 30. Here …
From Flyleaf: More Readings
Video of highlights of the event at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill on Saturday, August 25:
Readings from the Book Launch
In this video clip, Carol introduces five of the mothers in the group, who read excerpts from their writings in …
Carol Henderson at the Farther Along book launch
Prayer for What is Lost–and found
“Prayer for What is Lost,” a poem by Stuart Kestenbaum, was featured in this morning’s The Writer’s Almanac. On many …
Journal Entry: Cherry Grove Vacation 2012
Riding to the beach 7.27.12 This is our first beach vacation in two years. I finished reading ‘our’ book, Farther …
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