Minnesota, I love you so much and here’s why
It’s no secret that I love Minnesota (see also here and here). But last week Minnesota wooed me anew, like a …
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Martin Zellar on community, success, and perseverance
View this post on Instagram Martin Zellar and the Hardways soundcheck for an amazing Storytellers show tonight. A post shared …
Look to childhood for the answers
Photo Credit: wuestenigel Flickr via Compfight cc What did you enjoy doing when you were a little kid? I loved …
Are you a “Straddler”?
This is my dad. He’s probably 11 or 12, which would make it right around 1955. He’s having fun in …
The next wave of memoir
Photo Credit: Bosc d’Anjou Flickr via Compfight cc In all the years I’ve taught memoir at The Loft, at times …
Generating ideas for memoir
Photo Credit: MarkGregory007 Flickr via Compfight cc I’m teaching a generative memoir workshop at The Loft Literary Center on Saturday …
Celebrating young writers and writers/readers of all ages
The best part of the Deep Valley Book Festival, I thought, was seeing the many young writers and illustrators who …
The inaugural memoir/yoga workshop
Just look at this space. It was perfect for writing and yoga. I spent the weekend of Sept. 28-30 here, …
Why I write, Part I
I saw memoirist extraordinaire Patricia Hampl on Sept. 28 at Drury Lane Books in Grand Marais. How lucky for me …
Memoir and yoga workshop, Grand Marais, Minnesota, Sept. 28-30
Lake Superior at Grand Marais, Minnesota. Photo by author. I am thrilled to be teaching at the Grand Marais Art …
