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May 30, 2009 by Linda Joy Myers | Filed under Newsletters
‘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 [...]
Newsletter – March 2009March 30, 2009 by Linda Joy Myers | Filed under Newsletters
Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night. – Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke This weekend I traveled across seasons, beginning in the voluptuous almond groves near Ripon, CA. In the middle of the grove, bees [...]
Newsletter – June 2008March 30, 2009 by Memories & Memoirs | Filed under Newsletters
Then followed that beautiful season… Summer…. Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Wonderful Times at the Journal Conference in Denver! I never liked flying over the Rockies before, but this time [...]
Newsletter – May 2008March 30, 2009 by Memories & Memoirs | Filed under Newsletters
Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night. – Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke In May, Creativity Blooms All Over! Outside my house, my roses have exploded into rich, plate sized blooms! As I [...]
Newsletter – April 2008March 30, 2009 by Memories & Memoirs | Filed under Newsletters
In this issue Welcome Writing to Heal: From Structure to Freewrite Weekly Memoir Vignette Upcoming NAMW Events New eBook Available My new ebook Memoir Writing as a Healing Journey is available for instant download when you join NAMW. Find out more about writing to heal, the value of writing stories and going beyond journaling, and [...]
Newsletter – March 2008March 30, 2009 by Memories & Memoirs | Filed under Newsletters
March 30, 2009 by Memories & Memoirs | Filed under Newsletters
Today is the day when bold kites fly, When cumulus clouds roar across the sky. When robins return, when children cheer, When light rain beckons spring to appear. Today is the day when daffodils bloom, Which children pick to fill the room. Today is the day when grasses green, When leaves burst forth for spring [...]
Newsletter – January 2008March 30, 2009 by Memories & Memoirs | Filed under Newsletters
“The trees down the boulevard stand naked in thought, Their abundant summery wordage silenced, caught In the grim undertow; naked the trees confront Implacable winter’s long, cross-questioning brunt.” – D. H. Lawrence, Winter in the Boulevard, 1916 Happy New Year! Most of us think of the New Year as a time of new [...]
Newsletter – December 2007March 30, 2009 by Memories & Memoirs | Filed under Newsletters
I heard a bird sing in the dark of December A magical thing and sweet to remember. “We are nearer to Spring than we were in September.” I heard a bird sing In the dark of December. – Oliver Herford, I Heard a Bird Sing It seems impossible that 2007 is drawing to a close! [...]
