Tucked into the flap of The Sphynx, my mother’s high school yearbook from 1949, a…

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Photo by William Daigneault Ask yourself every once in a while: Am I in over…

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Why I run to and from Writing ( photo by nathalie d. mottet) Writing makes…

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It’s okay to struggle. painting by L.Lyn Greenstone Give yourself permission to struggle, Char, the…

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I’m writing a memoir during the 31 days of May- since May is (Motherhood) Memoir…

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My youngest daughter is 12 today. I am 59 1/2 exactly. I know this because…

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First drafts are messy. We’ve all heard that, but I always think no draft can…

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When I sit down to write about my recently dead mother I am overcome by…

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Forget the flowers- write about fears, and all else your heart runs from. May is…

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Our bees housed in Langstroth hives died in winter when we lived in Central Oregon…

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It just so happens I gave my notice at REI this week, just ahead of…

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Sons #2 & 3 just left to return home to Portland and Seattle. #3 was…

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Mothering is difficult. And then it gets better. Here’s poetic evidence for Mother’s Day: Yesterday…

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You might remember that daughter #2 won the Central Oregon Writers Guild poetry award last…

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Dream is a multi-faceted word that takes us from sleeping to the most wide awake…

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