I didn’t discover Madeleine L’Engle the way most people do, by reading A Wrinkle in Time as a child. When my then-husband went off to the University of Syracuse to pursue a master’s in fine arts, I curled up on our sofa and read Madeleine’s very intimate Crosswick Journals, as well as Two-Part Invention, a memoir about …
My writing coach once mentioned that several of her clients had become ill or experienced a breakdown in the process of writing their memoirs. I’d read enough memoirs to know that writing one might be emotionally taxing. But an illness or emotional collapse? No, thank you. I’d been practicing self-care for years—exercising and eating well. …
“Life goes by in about three weeks, so be here for it. Stop hitting the snooze button. Wake up! That’s why you’re here.” ~ Anne Lamott I just got back from a week at my beloved Outer Banks. For those of you who don’t know about the OBX, it is the fragile thread of barrier islands …
Stop hitting the snooze button (reflections from my week at the beach) Read More »
It’s been almost two years since I was last here. At the time, I was acclimating to life with my new husband and helping take care of his mother, who’d recently moved into an assisted living facility. I’d retired from teaching kindergarten and the dust was still settling. Working two jobs, getting up early every …
I recently had the privilege of talking with Dr. Julia Burns, a psychiatrist who has helped children, adolescents, and adults for over twenty years. When she is not working with patients, she enjoys painting, blogging, and spending time at the beach. Dr. Burns lives along New Hope Creek in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with her husband, …
An interview with Dr. Julia Burns: Defying Small through art Read More »
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