My husband and I began the annual task of cleaning out our garage. Despite our best efforts to minimize our accumulated possessions, we faced, yet again, stacks of used baby paraphernalia (purchased for grandchildren’s visits), old clothing, books and boxes filled with odd collections of items transferred from household shelves to the garage. I have [...]
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For the Week of January 29, 2012: “How It Felt to be Me”
Posted in art and writing, expressive writing, life writing, writing as a way of healing, writing for wellness, writing prompts for cancer survivors on January 29, 2012 | 4 Comments »
For the Week of November 6, 2011: Movement and the Muse
Posted in art and writing, expressive writing, healing arts, writing as a way of healing, writing for wellness, writing prompts for cancer survivors on November 6, 2011 | 6 Comments »
and the body, what about the body? Sometimes it is my favorite child, uncivilized. . . And sometimes my body disgusts me. Filling and emptying it disgusts me. . . . This long struggle to be at home in the body, this difficult friendship. — Jane Kenyon, “Cages” Yesterday [...]
For the Week of September 18, 2011: The Colors of the Cancer Experience
Posted in art and writing, expressive writing, healing arts, writing as a way of healing, writing for wellness, writing prompts for cancer survivors, writing to heal on September 19, 2011 | 5 Comments »
I returned to San Diego last evening after a weekend collaboration with colleague and artist, Heidi Darr-Hope in Columbia, South Carolina. Heidi’s artistic work is well-known as well as her long-time involvement in the cancer community, leading healing arts workshops. Our collaboration began in 2004, when I traveled to Columbia to lead an all-day expressive writing workshop at [...]
