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Will Read for …

Will Read for …

One of the great joys, and terrors, of being a writer is being asked to give readings. Readings are a validation of our work and of our ability to project that work before an audience. When they go well, they provide a rush of reinforcement that can keep us writing through those bleak Februaries of […]

July 17, 2011 | By | 9 Replies More
Memoir as Soul Work

Memoir as Soul Work

All art is expression. All expression is a way of putting it “out there.” As soon as we put it out there it’s no longer insideus, or merely inside us. It has been expressed outwardly. So we can now hear it, feel it, see it, touch it – outside of  us. And so we get to know […]

May 30, 2011 | By | 6 Replies More
Housekeeping for the Soul by Sandra Carrington-Smith

Housekeeping for the Soul by Sandra Carrington-Smith

Housekeeping used to be a virtue. For the modern woman torn by the demands of full time work and a family, or fully occupied with home schooling her family of children, and perhaps the neighbor’s children too, housekeeping is no longer the art and science that it used to be. But most of us are […]