Posts Tagged ‘teaching’
Benjamin
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 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 Morejournaling telechat tonight!
Join Sheila Bender and Ruth Folit for a 30-minute free telechat tonight! I am currently reading Sheila Bender‘s wonderful and heartbreaking memoir A New Theology: Turning to Poetry in a Time of Grief, about dealing with grief and renewing her commitment to life in the wake of her son’s death. And I hope to have Sheila as a guest…
Read Morea new home!
For almost five years, I have been blogging under the name “Mother Words.” I have also taught classes, led retreats, coordinated an annual reading, and mentored other women writers under that name. It’s time for a change. It’s been a hellish year in which I lost ten pounds and gained ten pounds (inevitable, I guess).…
Read Morehitting a wall
I’ve hit a wall. The early mornings, the rushing, the gazillion things on my to do list that I never have time to get to are taking their toll. I said to Donny this morning, “Can’t we just move to Barcelona?” This has actually become a joke between us—I’ve asked it a hundred times over…
Read Moreupdates
I love my class at the Loft, which started last week. What an amazing group of women! I love teaching online, but there is nothing like being in a physical space with a group of mother writers. I leave class elated and inspired. Thank you, ladies! Also, I wanted to let you know that the…
Read Morenew schedule
Well, I made it through the first week of full-time work last week, but by Friday afternoon, I was exhausted (and had officially developed a head cold). I really like the work (and my coworkers are lovely), but I did feel that pull back to my desk (when will I get any writing done?) and…
Read Morea blur
How can it almost be the middle of August already? Summers always go too fast, but this summer has been a blur. I drove up to St. Cloud yesterday to present to the Forum of Executive Women about writing, publishing and motherhood, and it was such a wonderful event. What an interesting and organized group…
Read Morekudos and upcoming classes
I finally feel like I can breathe again since finishing my manuscript. I hadn’t realized how much energy that last push had taken. In the last two weeks I knew I needed to turn my attention back to the work I had ignored in May, but I just couldn’t do it. I kept sneaking back…
Read Morefree creative nonfiction workshop
I’ll be teaching a free two-hour Introduction to Creative Nonfiction workshop in conjunction with The Loft Literary Center at the Prior Lake Library on May 12th as part of Scott County Libraries’ Inkslingers: Writers in the Libraries program. Come try your hand at creative nonfiction. We’ll be discussing the basics of creative nonfiction, doing a few writing exercises,…
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