by Carol McCarthy | Feb 16, 2021 | posts
I don’t write fiction, which means I’ve probably never had true writer’s block. But I have had writer’s blasé. It’s that feeling when you can’t muster the interest or energy to write an article, even with ample source material at hand. As director of communications...
by Ginny Bitting | Feb 5, 2021 | posts
During this time of isolation and uncertainty I often find myself trapped between two reactions – outright paranoia or blistering anger. Both drive me either to obsessive cleaning – taking a toothbrush to the grout in the shower – or long walks in the woods behind my...
by Susan Kietzman | Jan 26, 2021 | posts
“I’ve always liked the time before dawn because there’s no one around to remind me who I’m supposed to be, so it’s easier to remember who I am.” Brian Andreas I’m often outside before the sun comes up. If I leave the house when it’s still dark, by the time I reach the...
by Jane Percy | Jan 15, 2021 | posts
I’ve always had a sixth sense. Like many children, I had little feelings about people and situations and most often dealt with this sometimes uncomfortable sensitivity by escaping into nature. I was lucky to grow up in a small, rural town surrounded by rolling hills,...
by Ruth W. Crocker | Jan 8, 2021 | posts
One of my challenges in the writing process is how to stay connected to whatever I’m working on and have enough distance, at the same time, to have a perspective on what I’m trying to say. Sometimes writing can feel like I’m looking through the wrong end of a...
