Please help me (and our fellow writers) by letting me know about your Vermont writing group or conference. When we first moved back to Vermont I was trying to find a writer's group to connect with and it wasn't easy. I did eventually find one through some round-about internet and email networking. Yesterday I noticed … Continue reading Rutland, VT area Writing Groups, updated 8/13
Author: Joanna Tebbs Young
Words in image: Three years of work in a wordle
Oh, this is fun - and fascinating! This is a Wordle (wordle.net) of the almost 70,000 words of my thesis and memoir. (For a clearer version click on the image, this will take you to Wordle.) I like this one even better:
Trust the Process (pt 13): Seeing the End of the Road
On August 16th, 2010 I wrote my first Trust the Process post. It was the beginning of my graduate school journey. Tomorrow I begin the end. My last semester. The one when I pull together everything I have learned over the past three semesters into one piece of writing (well, two, actually) so it can … Continue reading Trust the Process (pt 13): Seeing the End of the Road
Wise Women Speak: 1.22.13
Above all, don’t fear difficult moments, the best comes from them. Rita, who passed away at 103 Are you a Wise Woman? Inspired by a recent gathering of Wise Elders where a 75 year-old great-grandmother shared this life wisdom with us younguns: “Remember to Laugh!,” for my 2013 blog project I plan to share the … Continue reading Wise Women Speak: 1.22.13
Wise Women Speak 1.3.13
The greatest gift a mother can give her children is her own happiness j, age 68 (Paraphrased from Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher) Are you a Wise Woman? Inspired by a recent gathering of Wise Elders where a 75 year-old great-grandmother shared this life wisdom with us younguns: "Remember to Laugh!," for my 2013 blog … Continue reading Wise Women Speak 1.3.13
“Get Writing, Express”
Announcing! The "Get Writing, Express" Series Intro to Journaling/Expressive Writing workshops at The Writers' Room at Allen House Starts Saturday, January 26 and continues on the last Saturday of each month Three sessions/topics per day per month on a rotating basis DETAILS HERE
Authentic Voice Project: Y is for Yes!
For redefinition, I was thrown back to myself, to my inner knowing… Marilyn Sewell, Cries of the Spirit The Authentic Voice Project: Week 26 (Full Moon) Y is for Yes! This is the last post of the year-long Authentic Voice Project. I didn't always stay on schedule but I did make it through the whole … Continue reading Authentic Voice Project: Y is for Yes!
Authentic Voice Project: W is for Wisdom
For redefinition, I was thrown back to myself, to my inner knowing… Marilyn Sewell, Cries of the Spirit The Authentic Voice Project: Week 24 (New Moon) W is Wisdom How appropriate this word would fall on a holy day: Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which also the auspicious 12/12/12. It is also the last … Continue reading Authentic Voice Project: W is for Wisdom
Authentic Voice Project: V is for Voice
For redefinition, I was thrown back to myself, to my inner knowing… Marilyn Sewell, Cries of the Spirit The Authentic Voice Project: Week 23 (Full Moon) V is for Voice Having a voice is embracing all questions and possibilities, accepting them all as part of the whole truth. It is feeling everything – pain and … Continue reading Authentic Voice Project: V is for Voice
Please do surrender to your nature! (Or Life, Photoshopped)
I'm usually not one to jump on a bandwagon. If everyone's doing it I tend to turn the other way. But this one could not be ignored. I, as other angry men and women already have, must respond to a certain backward-thinking op-ed article. (A particularly good response is here.) I recently read Suzanne Venker's … Continue reading Please do surrender to your nature! (Or Life, Photoshopped)
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