Happy July 4th!
Summer! Here at last. Here we are a couple of weeks past the summer solstice and my garden is in full swing. Cucumbers, zucchini, yellow squash,sugar snap and snow peas,garlic, new potatoes, red and black raspberries, blueberries and very soon tomatoes,and green beans. Acorn squash, butternut squash are beginning to set fruit, and pretty soon I will spy small but growing cantaloupes and honeydew melons! This evening I will blend basil, parsley, garlic and Parmesan cheese into pesto magic! Not to go all veggie on you but I think this beats hot dogs and hamburgers for Fourth of July fare!
In addition to the garden, this summer I have enrolled in an online journaling workshop offered by Story Core Circle out of Austin, Texas. I have offered my own workshops acting as facilitator. This summer I decided I wanted to be a participant! the title? "Journal as Provocation". Sounded interesting....and provocative!
Speaking of workshops, this September I will be attending the Transformative Language Arts Network (TLAN) conference where I will be offering a version of "Questions for the Second Half of Life". As you may know this past winter I offered a 12 session journaling experience inspired by the work of Fr. Richard Rohr and his book Falling Upward.
This will be my fourth TLAN conference. I attended in 2010, 2012 and 2013. Each year has been unique and has had a profound effect on'my writing life'giving me the confidence to honor what I have to say. As a result of my attending these conferences I uncovered the desire to create this blog and discovered the courage to jump in and offer my writing workshops. This is an amazing community of folks who are supportive, inspired, tremendously creative and generous!
