Posts by Kate
Milwaukee
I left work at 2 p.m. on Thursday and picked up my friend, Jess, and then we hit the road for Milwaukee. Jess and I have been friends since college and we see each other regularly, but we rarely get to spend extended periods of time together. Nothing like a road trip to fix that!…
Read MoreLast-minute opening for retreat!
One of my lovely students can’t make it to the Motherhood & Words retreat next weekend, so I have one opening! Please click here for more details, and e-mail me if you are interested: katehopper [at] msn [dot] com. It’s an amazing weekend with a wonderful group of mother writers!
Read Morea whirlwind
I haven’t been feeling well the last couple of days, so this morning I called in sick, dropped Zoë off at preschool, drove back home to a very quiet house, and climbed in bed. Two hours later I awoke with a chill, but feeling much better. So I cleared the clutter from my desk, made…
Read MoreMother Writers and the Hostile Reader
It’s been a long time since I’ve been in a class/workshop situation not heavily populated by mothers. Most of my classes, if not entirely made up of mother writers, are at least populated by a significant numbers of mothers. And that’s because that’s what I do: I help mothers write the stories they need to…
Read MoreBenjamin
I feel lost these days, bumbling around, going through the motions of life. I go into the office and I get my work done, but I’m not really there. I have a pulsing headache that begins somewhere in my shoulder and snakes its way up into my jaw, which I must be clenching at night.…
Read MoreAguita
Meet the newest member of our family: The girls couldn’t believe it when our neighbors (thank you, Jon and Ami!) brought her over on Christmas morning. She is such a cuddle bug. We are all happily adjusting to life with a dog!
Read Morepeace
It’s Friday morning. Both girls are at school. D is running errands. The house is completely quiet. I’m sitting in my tiny, cluttered office surrounded by half-read books, stacks of papers (the Use Your Words galley among them!), and my endless to-do lists. And I couldn’t be happier. I always appreciated the time I was…
Read MoreMotherhood & Words Retreat!
First, I’m sorry for the technical difficulties. I’m trying to get to the bottom of that. Second, I’m sorry for my silence the last week or so. Still trying to figure out how to fit everything into life, but I’ve been so tired that I’ve let my 5 a.m. wake-ups slide. I’m getting back to…
Read Moreon not giving up
I haven’t been here at Motherhood & Words as much as I’d like. I have a number of books that are on my plate to highlight and a line-up of authors to interview. (And of course I still have a lot of formatting to do here. Please forgive my Links page.) I’ll get to these…
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving!
I’m wishing you all a lovely long weekend with family and friends. Today, I am thankful for: a lazy morning at home with D and the girls a four-mile run along the river November weather that is sunnier and warmer than ever before my job, which is now permanent two paid days off from my…
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