Dear ,
It is a crazy busy time for most of us, yes?
Which is why, counter-intuitive as it is, it makes sense to stop and breathe and remember to be grateful that you are here, to connect with your purpose and your own heart, as well as your love of writing.
If a WordPlay writing retreat would help you to do that, and you can get away, I would love to have you join me. Details here and below.
And if not, I invite you to take a deep breath, read the lovely winter poem below, and let it all the way in.... and don't forget to exhale :) ...
Peace, love, and light,
Maureen
Winter: Tonight:
Sunset
David Budbill
Tonight at sunset walking on the snowy road,
my shoes crunching on the frozen gravel, first through the woods, then out into the open fields
past a couple trailers and some pickup trucks, I
stop and look at the sky. Suddenly: orange, red, pink, blue,
green, purple, yellow, gray, all at once and everywhere. I
pause in this moment at the beginning of my old age
and I say a prayer of gratitude for getting to this evening a prayer for being here, today, now, alive
in this life, in this evening, under this sky.
I found this poem on David Budbill's Facebook page. Though he died this past fall, his daughter has been maintaining this page, and there are many beautiful words and images to enjoy. Check it out...
WINTER WRITING RETREAT
(Writing as Renewal/Creating New Writing/
Tools for a Writing Life)
Gift yourself with time and space to write and the joy and camaraderie of being with other writers, in community. The Winter Writing Retreat is an opportunity to create new pieces of writing and/or new possibilities for our lives. Enjoy various seasonal prompts; they elicit beautiful material that can be shaped into essays, poems, stories, or articles. After a communal lunch, you’ll have private time which can be used to collage, work with a piece of writing from the morning, or play with a number of other writing prompts and methods. You’ll
take home new ideas, new drafts, and new possibilities. $97 includes lunch and supplies.
WHERE: South Charlotte area. Details will be provided upon registration.
WHEN: Saturday, December 19th, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
TO REGISTER: To pay with a check via mail, email info@wordplaynow.com for instructions. To pay online with your credit card or PayPal, click here. MAUREEN RYAN GRIFFIN, an award-winning poetry and nonfiction writer, is the author of Spinning Words into Gold, a Hands-On Guide to the Craft of Writing, a grief workbook entitled I Will Never Forget You, and two collections of poetry, This Scatter of Blossoms and When the Leaves Are in the Water. She believes, as author Julia Cameron says, "We are meant to midwife dreams for one another."
Maureen also believes that serious "word
work" requires serious WordPlay, as play is how we humans best learn—and perform. What she loves best is witnessing all the other dreams that come true for her clients along the way. Language, when used with intentionality and focus, is, after all, serious fuel for joy. Here's to yours! |
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