The MOTHER Box

Instead of one long string,
Our Mothering comes in different lengths,
Different colors and girths.

Lambie Pie

After dinner earlier this evening, I settled down to my computer and was busy writing. Jim had taken our grandson, Dane, outside to his garage, and they were busy working on Jim’s painting project. My female cat, Lambie Pie, started meowing loudly from the kitchen. Thinking that she was just lonely out there all by [...]

Disconnected

I stand at the bathroom counter and watch blood fall into the white porcelain sink. I look up at the mirror. My eyes are red and puffy; the top of my lip is swollen and slightly bruised. From the tip of my nose falls drop after drop of blood. I stare into the eyes of [...]

A Sweet Memory

“Come on, Princess. Let’s go get some chocolate bars,” Dad suggested. It was a special treat every now and then on a hot Canadian prairie evening for just the two of us to walk to the store after supper.

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Newsletter – May 2009

‘Tis like the birthday of the world,
When earth was born in bloom;
The light is made of many dyes,
The air is all perfume:
There’s crimson buds, and white and blue,
The very rainbow showers
Have turned to blossoms where they fell,
And sown the earth with flowers.”
–Thomas Hood
May–A month of endings and beginnings
The first burst of roses have come to [...]

[June 27 - August 8, 2009] Summer Classes in Berkeley

We begin a new session June, and have room for one more! As a group, we write about the important moments in our lives–childhood memories, careers, love and family, and spiritual quests. Some writers use poetry and prose to capture memories and to explore the richness of life. We write about important turning points–the lighter, humorous moments along with the dark nights of the soul. There is laughter and a few tears, and most of all the witnessing of our stories, an important part of transformational writing. People of every age learn from each other’s experiences and inspires each other to keep writing insightful and thoughtful true stories. You will learn how to choose your scenes, how to use fictional tools, and ways to keep the inner critic at bay. We write during class, and share our work in a supportive atmosphere.

[June 18, 2009] Sheila Bender

Essay, Memoir, Creative Nonfiction—what are they? Sheila Bender began her studies in writing poetry in Seattle, WA where she eventually received an MA in Creative Writing in l982. She has taught creative writing in the NW, CA, and AZ as a guest writer-in- residence and a visiting teacher in university and continuing education settings. Read more about Shiela Bender here.

[June 9 -June 30, 2009] Story Crafting for Memoir Writers by Jerry Waxler

Tuesday evenings—one hour class meeting
8 PM EDT | 7 PM CDT | 6 PM MDT | 5 PM PDT

Many aspiring memoir writers fear their lives are not interesting enough to keep people reading from beginning to end. Many successful writers take the opposite point of view, that the events of any lifetime contain compelling material and that the writer’s real job is to find the story. In this course, you’ll learn to view your collection of memories not as a ready-made story, but as the raw material. Like a sculptor looking at a block of granite to find the beautiful figure inside, a memoir writer looks at the disorganized tangle of memories, looking for pieces that can be linked and shaped into a compelling story.

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