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 …
Tag Archives: Writing
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 …
Telling the Whole Story
[The back porch is what I loved about the house on first visit. In the few weeks we were living …
“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. …
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 …
A Midsummer Night with Farther Along writers
Seven of the thirteen of us gathered to share some “farther along” writings at an outdoor dinner party at the …
Beach Retreat
Beach Poem, Oct. 2005 Women walking Sitting talking Laughing crying over Living and dying Running sunning Having funning Daring dreaming …
An Invocation…
Loving Father, Nurturing Mother, We ask your presence with us at this hour. We celebrate today our observance of New …
fulfilling a sacred contract
Howard Thurman, theologian and Harvard professor, said, “There are two questions that we have to ask ourselves. The first is, …
What We Tell Others . . . and More
I just came across this post about the death of a child on the Brevity Blog and wanted to share …
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 …
Farther Along 