Womens Memoir is running a 2-part series Stephanie Farrow and I have written on the topic “Who Owns the Story?” We’re exploring issues of family story and memoir.
There are several fun writing prompts at the end of each post.
Between August 4th to August 26th, Riehlife travels to Southern Africa—South Africa and Botswana. I’ve decided not to take too many gadgets, so I’ll be leaving my laptop and cellphone at home. I’ll be in erratic computer contact, so I cannot say if I’ll be able to update Riehlife while I’m gone or not. Maybe…
The second issue of Recovering the Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing (Vol. II, No.1) (Paperback) is now for sale on Amazon. Read about the launch of “Recovering the Self” on a previous Riehlife post.
Patrick Gracewood on his Shadows on Stone blog picked up an interview by Susan Gallacher Turner on about my visual arts career. He shaped it into a post I found useful–as if the subject of the post were someone I knew, but not me. Patrick is “an artist, sculptor and designer interested in the intersection…
Do You Have Grannie Annie Stories Ready to Share? There’s still time for students to discover a story from their family’s history, write and edit their story (and illustrate it if they wish), and submit their story to The Grannie Annie to be considered for publication in Grannie Annie, Vol. 6. Submission Deadline Stories and…
Join us on Story Circle Network’s Telling Her Stories as Stephanie Farrow and I continue to discuss the essentials of collaboration in our Creative Catalyst column. This month? Without trust, collaboration ain’t gonna work.
Round tomato with a tough skin. Sharp knife. Ouch. My skin not as tough as the tomato Blood and tomatoes are both red. Thus began my afternoon adventure. Not at all what I’d planned. The index finger on my left hand bled like a stuck pig soaking through cotton ball after cotton ball. For 1…