This week I sent out a reminder that our anthology is on track with a dozen writers saying they want to contribute to a book centered around the theme of love. The love of an animal, nature, a landscape, a parent, a child, a lover, or even love of oneself, this universal theme offers aContinue reading “Harvest of Stories: An Anthology Celebrating Love and Community”
Author Archives: Susan G. Weidener
The Summer of Love
Later, we walk to the water’s edge, cool summer surf rippling up to our ankles. We were never younger than we were then and never would be again.
Embarking on a New Anthology
Over the last several months, we thought…why not write and publish a new collection of short stories and poems? It seemed the time was right. An anthology might offer inspiration in challenging times, mingling with the community, and fostering connections.
Remembering Our Mothers
Motherhood…the mystique, the boredom, the sacrifice, the contract in perpetuity, the life unexpected.
A Time to Reset and Renew
As April comes to an end and May approaches, it’s a time to reset and renew. Writing can offer that renewal and reset, whether it’s a few words or sentences jotted down each day, or something more ambitious such as a short essay or the beginning of a poem.
Who Is Mary Magdalene?
When we eliminate guilt and shame, desire, and anger, we prepare to become “fully human,” according to the Gospel of Mary. This is the writer’s journey, the one that leads to redemption, the one that frees and heals.
The Courage to Write and Remember
One powerful way to cultivate self-compassion is by writing daily, allowing our uncensored thoughts and feelings to flow onto the page.
The Pilgrimage of Writing Out West
I often wonder where I would have been in my life if it weren’t for writing. What I do know is that writing has been good for me. It’s a pilgrimage to a holy place of creativity, discovery, and learning.
Winter’s Gospel of Comfort and Time
This weekend, I attended the celebration service for Absalom Jones, the first African American Episcopal priest ordained in Philadelphia in 1802. As the choral group of young girls and boys sang in the high-ceiling cathedral with windows showcasing snow-draped fields, I remarked to my friend, “I can’t believe I was ever that young. They haveContinue reading “Winter’s Gospel of Comfort and Time”
A Novel About Obsession
A little part of me, too, hopes that the story—which is yet untitled—will be worth my reader’s time, perhaps as much as the stories of women in transition that I’ve written in the past.
