Laura’s Best “Food for the Muse” Winter Recipes– Pork Tenderloin Wellington
Pork Tenderloin Wellington: A quick and easy meal that is sublime winter comfort food! Ingredients: Pork tenderloin Puff Pastry—thawed but still cool (store-bought is the...
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I write to shine a light on a dim or otherwise pitch black corner…to provide relief for myself and others. It’s the light that I am looking for. And the wonder it illuminates. May my words land in your heart. yours, Laura
Give a Dream
Happy Holidays, everybody! Haven Writing Retreats in Montana is a powerful, often life-changing experience that we want to share with the people who want it...
Top 7 Values I Learned From My WW II Father
My father was 50 when I was born. I am 49 and holding. I was raised in the decadent 80s. He was raised in the...
Free Fall– An Encounter With an Owl Today
I saw this owl today in our meadow. I’ve lived in Montana for 25 years on this meadow. We don’t see owls during the day....
Ten+ reasons why I live in Whitefish, Montana
Haven Retreats: find your stories…find your voice… Haven Writing Retreats: 2015 (full with wait list) 2016 Haven Retreat Calendar: February 24-29 June 8-12 June 22-25...
My Next Happy
Here’s a good question for you: What do I have of value that I can offer the world…which would earn me a consistent living? Here’s...
#TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter
If you are looking for your voice, your stories, Haven Retreats is calling you. We still have room in our fall retreats in Montana! You...
Unplugging (or: How many times do you check Facebook or your email in one hour? The truth hurts.)
Haven Writing Retreats September 9-13 (FILLING FAST) September 23-27 (FILLING FAST) October 7-11 October 21-25 …When you see a * it means I thought about checking...
A Haven Writing Retreat Loveletter
The 2015 Haven Writing Retreat calendar is full with wait lists, and we are now booking for 2016! (You do NOT have to be a writer...
Write to Live. Write in Community. Write Because You Can’t Not.
Previously published by Adam Wahlburg from Think Piece Press. I have written my way through crisis many times in my life. One of those times...
Montana Ode to Spring– A Walk In The Woods
…in honor of all mothers of every kind everywhere… “If it’s wild to your own heart, protect it. Preserve it. Love it. And fight for...
We Must Hunger for Our Voice!
How do we commit to our creativity regularly? Powerfully? With a hunger that we sate…over and over again? How do we find our unique voice...
If you have said, “I am not Creative,” Read This!
Haven Writing Retreat schedule 2015 (you do not need to be a writer to come– just a seeker…) June 3-7 (only a few spots left!!!) June...
The Inner Critter: Awareness First. The Writing Will Follow.
As featured in Huffington Post I recently had a woman come on my Haven Writing Retreat and say, “I learned more in five days of...
Re-defining Family at Holiday Time
My friend and fellow seeker/Huffington Post Blogger Marina Illich and I like to untangle the hard stuff. We call it Five Minute Manna. This is what...
Haven Gravy Giveaway!
Thank you to all who participated in my Haven Gravy Giveaway! We had some very interesting submissions, all in response to the challenge: why do...
What I Learned on Career Day…
as featured in Huffington Post 50 Recently, I was asked to be on a panel of professionals for Career Day at a local therapeutic prep...
Retreat Season: A Time to be Mindful
As featured on the front page of Huffington Post 50 Mindfulness is on the map. Time Magazine ran it on its cover last January: “The...
My Garden Grows
I learned to garden not as a lady of leisure, but as a writer who needed a source of income and who knew that it...
Commencement: A Mother’s Guide to the Extra Stuff
as seen on mamalode.com I can never remember if the word “commencement” means beginning or ending. My knee jerk reaction is to think that it...
My Happily Ever After: what I’ve learned from writing something that a lot of people read.
You never really know where life will lead you, but if you live with pure intention and feed what you love with all your might,...
Blog Hop– Writers Writing
[slideshow_deploy id=’7208′] Over and over, I say that writing is my practice, my prayer, my meditation, my way of life, and sometimes my way to...
College Decision Day
Haven Retreat was named one of the top five Writing Retreats in the US by Open Road Media and Tumblr! The last 2014 slots are...
Haven– Los Cabos– one “E” away from Heaven
We hear the phrase “if you build it, they will come.” I take that to heart. I’ve built a lot of things in my life...
Amtrak Ode– The Train to Haven
Haven Writing Retreats 2016 June 22-26 (full) September 7-11 September 21-25 October 5-9 October 19-23 Now Booking 2017 February 22-26 June 7-11 June 21-25 September...
Conflict: A Love Story
As featured on Huffington Post 50 As some of you know, I’m spending the winter working on a novel I’ve wanted to write for many...
Writing Retreat Permission
What would it be to take a stand for yourself? And what would that look like on the page? You know. Here is something that...
Holiday Haven: Musings on Comfort and Joy
Now Booking Haven Writing Retreats 2018 You do NOT have to be a writer to come– just a seeker who loves the written word, and...
To Teach
My next Haven Retreat is a rare event in Boston after the MA Conference for Women. If you seek a deeper relationship with your creative self-expression…come! ...
9/11– The Survivor Tree
As featured on the front page of the Huffington Post 50 on 9/11/13 I’ll admit it: I have been afraid to go to Ground Zero....
Garden Haven
Come with me on an adventure of a lifetime! Haven Retreats in Montana: email me: laura@lauramunsonauthor.com August 7th-11th (just a few spots left) September 4th-8th...
Maybe I Understand Grace Now
Now Booking the fall Haven Writing Retreats in Montana: September 18-22(a few spots left) September 25-29 (a few spots left) Come find your voice in...
Five Nice Things
It’s 3:00 in the morning and for some reason I can’t sleep. That never happens to me. There is so much going on in my...
Re-charge. Re-purpose. Re-dux.
Feed your creativity in Montana at one of my upcoming Haven Writing Retreats August 7th-11th (Now Booking) September 4th-8th (Now Booking) September 18th-22nd (Now Booking)...
Lee and Me– Those We Love Most!
I have found that writers are generous with one another. We have to be. Generally speaking, our families and friends think we’re half-a- bubble-off-level for...