Wishing You Peace and Joy During this Dark Winter 2
Thank you for sharing your life and stories with WritingThroughLife.com in 2020. I wish you peace and joy during this time of sequester and hope for a brighter future in ~ 2021 ~
Yearly Archives: 2020
Can a Simple Blank-Page Notebook Make You a Better Writer? – by Lori Wade
THERE’S NO ARGUING with the fact that we are all moving towards a more digital world. Most of us communicate almost exclusively through digital means when we aren’t face-to-face. We get our news, follow our favorite sports teams, and ask questions in the digital realm. Which leads me to a […]
If You Had Asked Me – A Retrospective
A YEAR AGO last month, I was celebrating the loss of 30 unwanted pounds and embarking on a bicycle tour of the Coeur d’Alene trail in Idaho. My heart was filled with gratitude, the world was wide open, and anything — truly, anything! — seemed possible. During the tour, my […]
A Poet’s Corona Journal – by Donna DeWeerd 12
Poems of Solitude March, 2020 The crown virus is king today. Its implications? Solitude and self-reflection. Who will I be through this crisis? Which “self” will control the uncontrollable? Go to the center and ask the spirit’s nucleus — what shall I learn? Clarity will always be paid for by […]
Silver Linings – Guest Post by Barbara Toboni 11
WHEN I’M FEELING LOW, I write. When I’m feeling anxious about circumstances that are beyond my control, journaling helps me to clarify my thoughts and process what is happening. This pandemic is an enigma for the ages. My age, my times. I wanted to record my feelings about it. January […]
My Personal Pandemic – Guest Post by Jeanie Miller 15
THIS MORNING, I was happily nosing around in the back yard, checking to see if my latest veggie plantings were thriving or if everything was watered sufficiently. I even potted a flowering plant in a pot I decorated myself — with mosaic tiles (a ten-year project). As I moved the […]
Pondering the Pandemic – Guest Post by Irene Hannigan 14
Life as we knew it is over — at least for the next few weeks. This was the first sentence in my March 15, 2020 journal entry in what happened to be the start of a new journal. Several months ago when I impulsively purchased it from an artist at […]
The Teachable Moment of COVID-19 — Guest Post by Marie E. LaConte 6
MY MOM AND I LIVE TOGETHER. She’s 94 and I’m 69, which means we no longer have to work or participate much in society. When the stay-at-home order came down from our governor, we welcomed it as an excuse to stay home even more than usual. Our only disappointment was […]
Finding My Place While Sheltering in Place – Guest Post by Marilyn Campbell 11
I AM NOT A STRANGER TO SOLITUDE. At times it has been my best friend as I strived to reach a writing deadline or just wanted to enjoy silence in an otherwise busy household. However, I didn’t know what true solitude was until the Covid-19 pandemic became a reality. Prior […]
Writing Through Change – A Corona Crisis Journal by Linda Chisari 10
IN THIS FIRST guest contribution to the Writing Through Change series, Linda Chisari shares reflections from her Corona Crisis Journal. Please leave a comment and, perhaps, share a reflection from your own Corona Crisis journal. Shelter in Place—A Lesson in Resilience 3/12/20 It’s the direction we’re receiving today: Stay […]
Rendered Speechless 7
THERE’S MORE THAN ONE WAY to escape a pandemic. You can shelter in place, go nowhere, see no one, exercise indoors. You can catch up on home-improvement projects, learn how to cook, start painting, read that pile of books that’s been gathering dust on your nightstand. You can finally write […]
The Freedom We Fight For 5
THIS IS A MEMORIAL DAY like no other in the history of Memorial Days. And it seems fitting on this day when we honor those who have given their lives for the cause of freedom, to ask the question, “What is the freedom we fight for?” It might seem like […]