WOW is at it again. WOW stands for Wide Open Writing, which it is…wide, spacious, inquiring, with total permission to write whatever shows up on the page or screen, trash or treasure. WOW is also, in my mind and heart, a WOW in terms of their brilliant, funny, fun, reverent and irreverent teachers and their WOW… Continue Reading
On Saturday, August 30, twenty-nine African immigrants arrived at a Portland blood drive. Gabonese volunteers greeted them as they entered. They also greeted each other, smiled, said hi, hugged and prepared to donate life-giving sustenance for children with sickle cell disease. The Red Cross and the Maine Gabonese community had organized this special event. The… Continue Reading
In my thirties, I didn’t set out to run a half-marathon. I lived a full life as a busy wife and often-harried mother of two always-in-motion children, Alisa 4, Zac 2. Even with all the chaos and commotion, I stared out my front window at runners whizzing by, sometimes waved to them, and often felt… Continue Reading
Falmouth, Maine Memorial Library Russell Room Saturday, May 10, 2025 10:00am – 11:30am Program Description THE ART AND PRACTICE OF PAUSE Feeling stressed by what’s coming at us? We know it’s a good idea to step back, take a breath and/or count to ten before responding to something stressful. But how do we get ourselves… Continue Reading
I promise my friend, “I can get together today. Quality time, as usual. How ‘bout a walk at Mackworth island or at Audubon?” We know what “together” means. We laugh a lot, cry a little, swear raucously when needed, then blush and pop our palms over our mouths when people hear us. “Oops,” we say,… Continue Reading
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