Photo by Thought Catalog on Unsplash   You are lucky to be one of those people who wishes to build sandcastles with words, who is willing to create a place where your imagination can wander. We build this place with the sand of memories; these castles are our memories and inventiveness made tangible.” ~Anne Lamott~ Dear Woman, Who Writes— The ...

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  On Tuesday February 21 at 6:30 PM for at the South-Central Regional Library is a generative workshop with poet Lynnell Edwards. Through instruction, conversation and writing prompts, Lynnell will inspire us to write our own poems. She will inspire us by using Ada Limón poetry. Limón is our brand-new US Poet Laureate, and she is a resident of Lexington. Participants can expect ...

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Photo by Alex Padurariu on Unsplash   “We’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne” ~Robert Burns~ Dear Woman Who Writes— Happy beginning to 2023! A shallow dive into my browser describes The New Year as a cultural occasion, originating with the ancient feast of the two-faced Roman god Janus, honored for his ability to look forward ...

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Photo by Julia Larson on Pexels   Happy Holidays to all our members and friends. We celebrate so many things in common in this liminal season— between falling leaves and “leaping greenly spirits of trees” (ee cummings).  We wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Joyful Kwanzaa, or a Happy Festivus.  We are grateful for our community, which offers a place, a ...

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Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash   “I just stood there, listening and holding out my hands to the soft glitter falling through the air. . . and I wish great welcome to the snow, whatever its severe and comfortless and beautiful meaning.” ~Mary Oliver~ Dear Women, Who Write, Happy Holidays to all our members and friends. We celebrate so ...

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  The First Thanksgiving 1621 Painting by JLG Ferris, 1932 in Library of Congress/ Creative Commons license    “Gratitude is a divine emotion. It fills the heart, not to bursting; it warms it, but not to fever. I like to taste leisurely of bliss. Devoured in haste, I do not know its flavor.” ~Charlotte Bronte~   “What if today, we ...

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  By Katie Odom   I don’t know how to start. I stare at the blank paper between my hands. I pick up the pen, hold it loosely, hover the point over the paper, and set the pen down.  I study the grain of the wood within the table. Lines swirl, curl, and flow from this side to that. My ...

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Photo by Steven Wright on Unsplash   “[As writers} we reflect, notice, and learn . . . We write in the morning. Or late at night. Or in a café. Or with a partner. Or with a prompt. Or with a timer. Or with a cookie at the end. We start therapy. Or journaling. Or exercise. Or painting . . ...

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  By Janel Boyd   When I am an old(er) woman, I shall wear yoga pants with impunity and t-shirts of the softest Pima cotton and flip flops every day. I’ll pull my coarse white hair into a ponytail without combing it. Or make a thick braid to fit under the sloppy straw hat I’ll wear when I garden in ...

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  Danie Franco on Unsplash “. . .  publication is not all that it is cracked up to be. But writing is. That thing you had to force yourself to do — the actual act of writing — turns out to be the best part. It’s like discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you ...

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