by Janine Kovac | Jun 5, 2015 | A-Z Blog Challenge, Blog, Humor, Writing, Writing Retreat/Workshop |
I got lost driving to O’Hanlon for the April Write In. Not too lost. But I relaxed into the wrong lane coming from the East Bay and before I knew it, I was headed to Sacramento instead of toward the Golden Gate Bridge. Still stuck in the 20th century, driving with...
by Marianne Lonsdale | May 5, 2014 | A-Z Blog Challenge, Blog, Writing |
“Nobody promised it would be easy. They just promised it would be worth it.” This anonymous quote sums up our experience of the A-Z Challenge. It was extremely hard work corralling 28 different members of the Write On Mamas to write 28 different posts, but...
by Mary Hill | Apr 30, 2014 | A-Z Blog Challenge, Blog, Friends, Writing |
When I agreed to help edit the Mamas Write anthology I had no idea how much I’d start to crave those Friday morning meetings at Bittersweet Café in Oakland. I’d look forward to that meeting all week, knowing that for those two hours I’d get to escape the monotony of...
by Angelisa Russo | Apr 29, 2014 | A-Z Blog Challenge, Blog, Death, Marriage |
At her wake the other day, the priest’s wife, the presvytera, said to me “She was an angel. She was so soft-spoken and sweet.” I smiled and thought, yes, she was all those things, but she was so much more. She was my Yia Yia. She never saw herself getting married. She...
by Beth Touchette | Apr 28, 2014 | A-Z Blog Challenge, Blog, Motherhood, Parenthood, Writing |
Writing gives me an exit. Sometimes parenthood is overwhelming. The tantrums in Safeway, disgusting diaper changes, arguments with my husband and career stagnation all became more bearable if I allowed myself to sometimes observe rather than be enmeshed. Taking time...
by Cindy Nehrbass | Apr 26, 2014 | A-Z Blog Challenge, Blog |
An empty page taunts from the screen – a tabula rasa for the day’s creative adventure. My hands cramp as fingertips hover the warmth of laptop radiation. I settle fragile spine to lumbar cushion and welcome the overthrow of my inner critic by an inspiration to...
