Category Archives: Writing

Needing to Find a Way to Grieve

Posted on February 20, 2023 by jenny

Written in Writing Group on January 2: Back in July I caught my foot in the electric cord to my fan and fell on my side hurting my hip and doing something to my ribs so they continue to hurt. … Continue reading →

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Three Haiku

Posted on February 2, 2023 by jenny

After I did that writing, there was still more time — we write for 20 minutes — so I wrote about what I could see: on the table with me, reflected in the window in front of me, and finally … Continue reading →

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Unfinished Business with Mom

Posted on November 24, 2022 by jenny

I’ve been getting a lot of messages about dealing with your unfinished business, especially from Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. In writing group for Monday, November 21 In my journal for 1986 I wrote about being home after my father died and his … Continue reading →

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Exercise: Being Brave

Posted on October 4, 2022 by jenny

Pat Schneider says “Write something that feels too huge, or too dangerous, to tell.” p90 She gives a couple of examples, a short piece, a poem, where what’s really happening is revealed at the end. I thought I would try … Continue reading →

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Writing Practice

Posted on October 3, 2022 by jenny

Pat Schneider is a writing teacher. She wrote a book called Writing Alone and With Others. She gives a lot of exercises to get you through blocks and difficulties. In one she says “start with an image.” She describes a … Continue reading →

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Bittersweet

Posted on September 23, 2022 by jenny

From my journal for Saturday, September 17 Reading Krista Tippett writing about taking a break this last summer, giving herself time to think, feel, and write — she says that writing with hand and pen puts you more in touch … Continue reading →

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One-page Autobiography

Posted on January 22, 2022 by jenny

I’ve been having a pretty bad time. I’ve started two drafts of blog posts, but haven’t been able to complete and post them. I’ve been having trouble concentrating and am easily distracted. This is the result of social distancing, simply … Continue reading →

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Write My Way Down to a Truth

Posted on November 5, 2021 by jenny

Thursday, November 4 Yesterday was an odd day. It felt disjointed somehow, things did not go smoothly or naturally. I think I kept want to “write my way down to a truth” and not getting to it until finally, just before 3:00 … Continue reading →

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How I’m Feeling Today, written long ago…

Posted on October 1, 2021 by jenny

from my journal for January 14, 1993 This describes exactly how I’m feeling today. written in writers’ group, listening to music Changes like the Moon. 20 minutes The river flowing, underneath, under the soil, down in the sand. Massive, heavy, … Continue reading →

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Primary Wound History

Posted on May 25, 2021 by jenny

I wrote this yesterday as part of a program given by Matt Licata, who is a trauma-sensitive therapist and writer. I found about him from a piece of his blog, which was posted on Jalaja Bonheim’s Circlework Page. I’m in … Continue reading →

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