2012 Schedule

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My winter workshops are full and running.

Email me if you’d like to be on my waiting list for the spring semester: It starts the week of April 10 and runs for 7 weeks.

Contact RCWMS for information about the workshop I teach at end of March each year. It meets in Durham, NC, March 23 – 24.

Join me in Greensboro for “Mining for Gold,” a two-day workshop in Greensboro, NC. Friday evening April 20 and Saturday, April 21. Sponsored by Mandala: Adventurous Learning for Holistic Living. To register and for more information, click here.

I will also be teaching at Meredith College in Raleigh, NC. Women’s Writing Week, June 25 – 29. Contact Ashley Hogan for more information and to register. hogana@meredith.edu

My Father’s Stories

Chapel Hill News logoDecember 21, 2011

I’m heading off to visit my father in Philadelphia, a pilgrimage I don’t make often enough.

These trips are exhausting though nothing much happens. Like an old dog, my 93-year-old dad sleeps – a lot. When he’s awake and has something to say, his voice is barely a whisper and his thoughts come out muddled.

But I’m hopeful this time. I’ve got something that just might jumpstart a coherent memory bank. [click to continue…]

The Noisy Path

December 8, 2011

November 12, 2011 I’ve often been surprised by what I’ve found at UNC Hospitals. As I headed in one morning, I saw a man balancing two large watermelons on his shoulders as he walked out the main entrance. I thought I was in a dream until I saw a farmer’s market going on in the [...]

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The Powerful Narrative Workshop – Such a Super Time

October 18, 2011

Bill and I are back from our annual Powerful Narrative Workshop, at Wildacres Retreat Center, in the stunning Blue Ridge mountains. This was our third straight year at Wildacres, and we were fortunate to have what’s probably our best group yet. The four days of the workshop passed as one continual high, with “aha” moments [...]

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Summer Writing Camp

August 10, 2011

I continue to write once a month with the WriteGirls. Last summer I led, for the second year, a two-week day camp for the girls, one I think I would have enjoyed much more than the overnight camp I attended at age 12. At that Y camp, I had to be rescued during the swim [...]

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At Meredith College – Mining for Gold: Journaling into a Deeper Life

June 13, 2011

Keeping a journal is perhaps the most productive of all methods for reconsidering the world, preserving our experiences, exploring our deepest selves, and developing our writing skills. I’ll be teaching my 5-day workshop, “Mining for Gold,” at Meredith College in Raleigh, NC again in 2012. The workshop is part of the Meredith Summer Institute for [...]

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Magic in the Garden

June 10, 2011

June 8, 2011 I bit into the apple and spit two hard black dots into my small palm. “What are these?” I asked my father. He told me they were seeds and that we could plant them and they would grow into apple trees. We dug two little holes by the back door and dropped [...]

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They Fall Down

April 26, 2011

April 20, 2011 Last week I woke up to that dreaded sound – like a train roaring through the back yard heading straight for the house. My husband stirred. “What in the world?” he said sleepily. “We’ve got to get downstairs,” I said, jumping out of bed and running into our narrow hallway. He was [...]

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Coming Soon – The Powerful Narrative

January 22, 2011

My husband, novelist Bill Henderson, and I will be returning to beatiful Wildacres Retreat for the third straight year to present The Powerful Narrative, a four-day workshop (October 10-14, 2011). The event sells out in a hurry, so it’s not too soon to be making your plans now. For more information, and a link to [...]

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The Tree Man Cometh

December 1, 2010

February 27, 2011 If they’ve come through your neighborhood already, you’ll know what I’m talking about. If not, imagine this: The shrill whirr of chain saws and chippers sounds like it’s going on right inside your head. It’s relentless, deafening, coming at you from all directions. Rrrrrrrr. Rrrrrrrr. Grind. Screech. THUMP. A huge piece of [...]

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