Write Through Doors

I have joined the Solsticehood.  We are a select group of dedicated, passionate, inquisitive, supportive, tolerant people who are crazy enough to think they have something to say.  Our amazing director is Meg Kearney,  Townie author (and hottie) Andre Dubus III taught a fabulous class in January.   For now, I’ll just let the video [...]

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If you are like me, your weekends are precious.  They are my time to be lazy and relax, then get off the sofa and straighten up the mess from the week, and get out of the house to exercise and socialize.  In short, time to recharge my batteries and maintain my life. Is there a [...]

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August 15, 2011. When we visited Al and David in LA over Bob’s “double nickel” birthday, Al suggested many events.  We went out to eat, went to the Dodgers game, and watched Fight Club at night in a park on a 15 foot blow-up screen, with dinner from gourmet food trucks. But the family wanted [...]

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“How does it feel to have your CC?” asked Annie Wolock, my Ann Arbor Toastmasters and Friends Club president, over a cup of coffee.  The question took me by surprise, because inherent in the question was the magnitude of the achievement—like asking, “How does it feel to be 50?” Of course, becoming a CC (short [...]

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To register, call 734-994-2300 ext. 53203 or visit Ann Arbor Rec and Ed.

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Have you ever voted with your feet?  “This movie is horrible, I’m out of here,” you might say—and you’ve just voted with your feet.  Or, you might vote with your feet in a positive way at a rock concert—by standing up and dancing, you’re saying, “I love this music.” On December 2, 2010 at our [...]

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Anyone who keeps a journal or scribbles thoughts on a scrap of paper knows that it feels good to write. On the page I am my own therapist, rabbi, and best friend. The heaviness of the words leaves my body, landing on the page, ready to be read again tomorrow or simply torched n a [...]

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Sometimes glue is great.  Dentures.  Scrapbooks.  But for your bum? Yes.  Whatever works. Today I read Bum Glue, a blog written by Nita Sweeny, who I met in Taos through Natalie Goldberg, when one of us–I can’t remember which–was assisting for Natalie.  Nita writes about writing and starts many of her monthly blogs with quotes [...]

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I post.  But I am still in many ways a blogging/twittering/social media moron. I am technically aware enough to be dangerous. I have taught technical writing at the college level, have documented software for the Navy, and have blogs at debbiemerion.com and essaycoaching.com. Still, I was inspired yesterday to be a little less blogorific moronic [...]

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