I have never "reblogged" one of my own posts before, but here I am, on the eve of Mother's Day, thinking I should write something about my mother, and I just ran across this post I wrote back in 2012. My mother is long dead; the women I write about here were still around at … Continue reading The Sisters’ Story
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Monday Discovery: Esther Bradley-DeTally
Today's Monday Discovery guest writer is Esther Bradley-DeTally, a dynamo-lady who hails from Pasadena, California. Visit her at Sorrygnat, World Citizen. Thanks, Esther, for sharing this excerpt from You Carry the Heavy Stuff. The best way to describe Esther is to let her do it in her own words: Esther Bradley-DeTally is a writing teacher, creative … Continue reading Monday Discovery: Esther Bradley-DeTally
Retro: The Writerly Review, June 4-9
Here's The Writerly Life in review for the week of June 4-9: The week kicked off with the Sunday Wordle: June 3, 2012, a flash fiction piece inspired by The Sunday Whirl. Monday Discovery was all about poetry this week: a wonderful poem by Stephen Dunn and a look at a new (to me, at least) online poetry journal: At Monday … Continue reading Retro: The Writerly Review, June 4-9