by Laura Rink | Aug 29, 2025 | Daily Life, Memoir, Online Presence, Writing
Last November, I was out of the country when the latest exodus from Twitter took place. Many in my writing community were fluttering over to Blue Sky. I wasn’t on Twitter, but I joined Blue Sky out of a sense of solidarity. We are all in this together! It was easy and...
by Laura Rink | 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...
by Laura Rink | Apr 24, 2024 | Daily Life, Memoir, Nature, Writing
April showers bring May flowers, so the saying goes. In other words, endure April for the reward of May. Yet April offers its own bounty: cherry blossoms, swaths of tulips, and the unfurling of maple leaves, to name a few. April also brings those showers, tree pollen,...
by Laura Rink | Nov 15, 2023 | Daily Life, Writing
September’s blog was all windows, October’s wonder, so it follows that this month’s will be about the work, the ongoing writer’s work. The fulfilling and frustrating act of creating art. Though, as I seek more equanimity in all aspects of my life, my mindset regarding...
by Laura Rink | 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...
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