I am the first to admit there are subjects I might want to write about, but haven’t. I rarely write about politics because it’s unlikely to change anyone’s mind, and today’s worries will soon be behind us. I avoid writing about old age. Many social media and blog posts focus on illness, surgeries, or theContinue reading “Exploring Fear and Freedom in Writing”
Tag Archives: And the Memory Returns
A Celebration of Women Supporting Women
Women’s Writing Circle remains the foundation of my creative life and a living reminder that community inspires and that we are not alone in this crazy, wonderful journey of the feminine.
For Authors Not on a “Bestseller” List
Sometimes, it isn’t the novel turned movie on Netflix that makes the greatest impact, but the work of authors, some of whom will never be famous or receive great critical acclaim who can make a difference in the life of one person.
Writing Life with Possibility
The writing life is alive with possibility, discovery, and reflection on a new morning.
In Search of New Stories
The time I went packing had arrived…time for a change of scenery in search of new stories.
A Woman Shares Her Own ‘Lessons in Chemistry’
On a bitterly cold morning, curl up with a good book and remember your own life and its “lessons” in chemistry.
In an Aging and Difficult World, How to Find Focus?
The body is fragile, and the mind is taxed to remember details, storylines, and even the simplest things that once came to mind without effort.
Writing to Remember … and Move Forward
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” –Anaïs Nin
Life’s Small Triumphs at Summer’s End
In difficult times it becomes hard not to feel overwhelmed which makes relishing life’s little triumphs sweeter.
The Ancestry and Legacy Journey
The Ancestry journey has been an exercise in “and the memory returns.” My father said that the Weideners came to Philadelphia prior to the Revolutionary War. “Weidener with three e’s is the real German spelling,” he insisted, not the Weidner and Widener as some spell it.
