Years spent with art are years spent in cocoon after cocoon after cocoon, always emerging changed. Writer, not only do you deserve to be changed in these ways, you need to be. ~ Maggie Smith in Dear Writer: Pep Talks and Practical Advice for the Creative Life Cocoona capsule, a covering, a casing. A place …
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Meet me at the podium.
Today, the writers at Harwood Place held their annual reading showcase. Spending time with this group always inspires creative thought and conversation. The Harwood Place Writers of 2023. Bottom row (left to right): Jean, Toni, Carolou, Mary, Ruth.Top row (left to right): Warren, Milton, Carole, me. I WRITE. In journals. On screen. In countless notebooks. …
Missing Betty
Betty Sydow authored the first book published by Hidden Timber, a story written in a class, illustrated by her friend and artist Carolou Nelsen, and brought to life by the founder of Hidden Timber Books, Lisa Rivero. Betty (left) and me (right) after a long pandemic separation. Sometimes you don’t realize how long you’ve known …