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They came, they learned, they wrote…

SpotlightSeptember 10, 2012540Views 0Likes 0Comments

Thirteen members participated in the Write Your Life Story – The Basics workshop on Saturday, September 8th. Click here to see photographs of the event. We began the day with a writing exercise everyone used to introduce themselves and talk more about what motivates them to put words to paper. Some said they write in hopes…

The power of story

Love to WriteSeptember 3, 2012621Views 0Likes 0Comments

I’m a crier. Anyone who has been around me for a bit knows that. When something touches my heart, my eyes fill with tears, and I start looking for a tissue. All of my students are well acquainted with this trait of mine, and two of them, Sue and June, even bought me a large…

A Sense of Place

Love to WriteAugust 27, 2012656Views 0Likes 0Comments

Last week Bob and I spent a few days at the beach in conjunction with a talk I gave to members of the Amelia Island Genealogical Society. (To view photos of this event, click here.) We relaxed and spent time with our good friend Liam, and by slowing down and experiencing a new place, I…

Free Writing the Waves cruise presentation

CruiseAugust 26, 2012483Views 0Likes 0Comments

On Thursday, September 20th at 7:00 p.m., come learn everything you ever wanted to know about the Writing the Waves cruise. The travel agent organizing our trip on Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas will be on hand to tell us about the ship, its ports of call, travel arrangements and so forth, and I'll…

Ship inspection of Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas

CruiseAugust 26, 2012720Views 0Likes 0Comments

Set aside Sunday, October 21st for an excursion to inspect Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas at Port Canaveral. A motor coach will pick us up in Orlando and drive us to the ship where a Royal Caribbean representative will meet us and give us a tour of this wonderful vessel. Next, we'll enjoy a…

Writing the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat

Love to WriteAugust 13, 20123KViews 0Likes 0Comments

This morning as I sit to write this article, I’m aggravated, frustrated, annoyed. For our purposes here, the cause doesn’t matter, and I’ll get over it soon. The situation has a solution, and it will work itself out, but in the meantime, my insides are churned up. Emotions of all types—ones…

Full speed ahead

Cruise, CruisersAugust 13, 2012729Views 0Likes 0Comments

Preparation for the Writing the Waves cruise in May 2013 is traveling full speed ahead with people reserving their spots at the writing table and selecting from the best cabins available. Don’t miss the boat. (Sorry about all the nautical puns. I couldn’t help myself.) If you’d like to know more about the cruise and…

The Rosary

SpotlightAugust 6, 2012733Views 0Likes 0Comments

Last week in South Louisiana, I had a pleasant surprise when Mary Prudhomme came by to visit. Mary has been my parents’ next door neighbor for years. She and her husband Blue raised their two daughters, Chris and Sue, in the house down the street from our home. Once I moved to Florida, I didn’t see…

In my mother’s closet

Love to WriteJuly 30, 2012990Views 0Likes 0Comments

Bob and I are in South Louisiana visiting my parents and other family members this week. In the room where we’re staying, my mother has a large, walk-in closet which holds a lifetime of memories. Each piece on those shelves has a story, and the fact it has survived all these years confirms its importance…

Look who’s cruisin’ with us …

Cruise, CruisersJuly 24, 2012499Views 0Likes 0Comments

Wendy Weiler and Barbara Robertson People continue to sign up for the Writing the Waves cruise leaving out of Port Canaveral on May 12, 2013. That may sound like a long ways away, but to get your choice of cabins and secure a spot in the limited number of spots available for the writing program, it’s…

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They came, they learned, they wrote…

The power of story

A Sense of Place

Free Writing the Waves cruise presentation

Ship inspection of Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas

Writing the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat

Full speed ahead

The Rosary

In my mother’s closet

Look who’s cruisin’ with us …

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