Structuring Your Memoir
Sometimes you have to change your perspective to figure out how to improve your writing.
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Staying Informed
On taking the time to curate your news and information feeds to match what you want to know and learn about.
Building Community Online
Though we sometimes denigrate online versus in person communities, it is possible to be part of a caring and inclusive online community.
Camping & Memories
This past weekend I took a camping staycation to remember my dad and his passing.
Rough Magic
Lara Prior-Palmer’s “Rough Magic” isn’t so much about a horse race as it is finding out who you are and what drives you as a human being.
A Writer Must Write
Lately I’ve been having trouble writing. Maybe I can find my way back by writing about my father, whom I lost in July.
Desert Notebooks
Ben Ehrenreich’s “Desert Notebooks’ is an extended meditation on time, writing, and life in the desert.
Ground Truth
Ruby McConnell writes with clarity and feeling about geology and personal life in this series of personal essays.
The Weight of the Heart
Theresa Kishkan’s “The Weight of the Heart” is a feminist geography of western British Columbia.
Doing Versus Being
Sometimes having a chronic illness means you can’t reach the goals you’d planned for, and you have to put them off for a while.
