From February 3 to 13, I was deeply immersed in the writing process with a group of very engaged and skilled writers. As with most of the retreats I organize, Sue Reynolds led the daily workshops. To warm us up on the first day of writing she asked us to simply write...
It is 25 degrees Celsius. Even the bees languish in the Umbrian sunshine. Twelve women and men have come to this peaceful place set among quiet green mountain slopes write, to stretch, to commune, to feast, and to reacquaint themselves with their authentic voices....
It’s almost the end of the year, which for me means that our next European retreat is that much closer. April in Umbria means ten uninterrupted days of writing in community, and the opportunity not to be able to make any excuses not to go to yoga class. Since...
This is an article written by my friend and mentor, Sue Reynolds, about the rich benefits of writing together over time. It was written for Lifestyle Magazine for our Radical Restoration writing and yoga retreat in Italy this coming April. It speaks for itself: A...
I’m thrilled to announce that I have just completed the Amherst Writers and Artists (AWA) Workshop Leader training, and am now a certified facilitator. Several years ago I took my first AWA based workshop with Sue Reynolds, and haven’t put my pen...
Warning: this blog post is a bit of a ramble. It’s been a while since I posted, so many of the notions bouncing around in my head have found their place here, however tangentially connected. There are times when I literally ache for a stretch of days in which to...