SEPTEMBER, A MONTH OF CHANGES

by | Oct 5, 2024 | Daily Life, Memoir, Nature, Writing

While August was a month in which to soak up the warmth and outdoor activity of the summer season, September was a month of seasonal changes, especially as the month drew to a close, including the temperature (dropping, a bit quickly this year it seems), leaves...

March, A Month To Spring Forward, Still

by | Mar 27, 2024 | Daily Life, Memoir, Writing

The harbingers of spring continue this month, with azaleas, daffodils, and forsythia in full bloom, and maples, alders, and dogwood trees beginning to bud out. We have a mallard couple visiting our pond and a blush of robins spreads over the front field bobbing for...

Work, Wonder, and Windows

by | Aug 30, 2023 | Daily Life, Memoir, Writing

Work: Have you heard the term micro prose? I recently took a class from Darien Hsu Gee, a fellow Rainier Writing Workshop alum, in which she illuminated the benefits of writing micro prose: pieces of 300 words or less. She is passionate about this form, and offered...