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What We're Given
Yesterday I woke early for a zoom yoga class, yawning as I wiggled my toes awake on my navy blue mat and grateful for the wise words of my instructor…
Jul 8, 2022
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February 2022
Workshop Writings
I am inspired by every piece of writing I hear in Shelter Workshops. Giving a prompt, writing (usually for just around 10 minutes), and then coming back…
Feb 1, 2022
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January 2022
January is an Adjective
Don’t you think? A feeling, an experience, every year it is more than a word. Dark winter days are made more beautiful by the sound of rain, soft snow…
Jan 11, 2022
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December 2021
Christmas Poems
Regardless of your religious traditions or beliefs, it’s hard not to be drawn in by the idea of God becoming man in the form of a small, fuzzy…
Dec 17, 2021
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October 2021
Revenant
This week in one of my workshops we used random dictionary words for prompts. Glory used the word Revenant, and I have been thinking of that word ever…
Oct 27, 2021
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Simple Scenes
A workshop friend once told me he loved to hear my writing about Iowa. This surprised me because my Iowa writing feels so familiar and simple to me, as…
Oct 12, 2021
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September 2021
What If...
This week in my Shelter Writers Workshops I used a simple prompt for us, What if…? I was reminded how much churning is going on inside us all at any…
Sep 24, 2021
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Yesterday In the Kitchen
You ask me with your eyes and when you feel safe, with your words am I okay? is this okay do you love me? and I must have forgotten in the drudge of the…
Sep 3, 2021
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August 2021
Beautiful Thieves
some small thoughts and poems
Aug 3, 2021
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July 2021
Among the Things I Used to Believe
At some point in my childhood I had a poster of an Elephant teetering with all 4 fat legs on a striped beach ball. Underneath in some dramatic font were…
Jul 8, 2021
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June 2021
The Magic of a "Prompt"
Prompt (verb): to move or induce to action, to occasion or incite; inspire. I remember the first time I was given a direct prompt that inspired a…
Jun 5, 2021
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April 2021
Poetry: A vaccine for the soul
Last spring, before we knew exactly what was happening, the crushing unknown kept us awake at night. With our schedules cleared and our plans cancelled…
Apr 24, 2021
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