Note: In Pod Eight, Grammy and Eli talk about when we sometimes need encouragement—or inspiration from others—we hear a poem about a gymnast, and then we meet the gymnast! She is Grammy’s daughter and
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Pod Seven: Thinking and Writing about the Things We Don’t Want to Do!
Note: In Pod Seven, Grammy talks about writing for her college newspaper, and she and Eli talk about when you have a total lack of inspiration and don’t want to do anything! The activity is to think
Pod Six: A Clown Poem, and an Introduction to Shel Silverstein
Note: In Pod Six, Grammy talks about writing for her high school newspaper, Eli talks about learning how to interview people, and Grammy reads two silly poems. The day’s activity is to read a book by
Pod Four: More on Inspiration, and Meet Auntie Molly
Note: In Pod Four, Grammy talks about the typewriter her grandmother gave her that was an inspiration and reads two poems about imaginary things. We interview Eli’s Auntie Molly, a preschool teacher,
More Signs—and Insights Too
The universe sent me another sign. Via Craig Fear again. And again, in the form of a book. The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield was a Christmas gift from Craig. I packed it for a three-week
Big Magic is Big Motivator
Note: This is the first of two parts. Some books are aptly named. Like Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic. It brought about big magic for me. My housemate Craig gave me the book as a birthday gift in
The Shit of Life
I haven’t written a blog since last November because my inspirations dried up for time. Life took a turn toward the shit pile mid-way through last year. I feel like ranting about it for a
Mini-Adventure on Island Shores
Note: This is the first of two parts. I had a mini-adventure last week, traveling to Sanibel and Captiva in Florida, for six days of shelling, sunning, swimming and inspiration with Mark.
A Whoa Writing Moment
Whoa. Wow. I had a great morning last Wednesday in my writing group with Liz Bedell.
Writer’s Day Inspires Patience
Note: This is the third of six parts. Click here to read from the beginning. By Kayla Fontaine I immediately jumped on board when Janice invited me to go to Bay Path University's Writer's Day. I