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Sometimes we have to look in the rearview mirror for insights into how to move forward in our lives. The time of Covid lockdown, sick with the virus, on top of a job/income on pause, and a cancelled book tour for a novel that took eight years to write......isn't an...
Last fall, on a family Zoom call with my adult children, my twenty-five year old daughter said, “Let’s do Christmas differently this year. Let’s not spend money on presents or decorations or on our big Christmas party. Let’s have an experience! Just us.” My twenty-one...
Now booking Haven Writing Retreats this fall!! There's still room...but spaces are filling fast. People are STARVED for the healing power of small gatherings, writing, self-expression, and Montana... Click here for more info and to set up an introductory phone call....
I originally published this piece with Covey Club and I re-read it this morning to remind myself that it's okay to dream about the future in exotic ways. After five months of a very full nest, after a very empty one, I’m back to living solo. The last time this...
I wrote this twenty-three years ago, as a new mother, at the end of a long Montana summer day... It was my first published piece and I still love it. The kids are off on their own now, climbing mountains into their own setting suns. The world is a different place, and...
For those of you who are looking at the last weeks of August with dread, clinging to what last licks of summer magic you can put in your proverbial jar and hoard in your proverbial pantry all winter…and especially for those of you who are facing Empty Nest for the...
You know when you run a life marathon, and it’s over? And you’re lying in your bed staring at the ceiling wondering how to stop running? That’s where I am. Right now. It started with the moon last night, like a clementine section moving from window pane to window...
I haven’t lived in a city since cell phones or emails or the internet infiltrated our civilization. So as much as I long for my inner-child Chicago city fix, especially in the deep midwinter dormancy of Montana, when I get that fix, I’m always stunned, disoriented,...
My kids and I spent hours and hours of our holiday this year, doing jigsaw puzzles. It was their idea. I couldn’t really get them to do puzzles when they were little, but suddenly it’s “Mom, can we do a puzzle?” and I’m thrilled. No screens. No polite or forced...
Part One Ten years ago, I watched my friend go through Empty Nest. Her solution: drive a massive ice-breaking truck at the McMurdo Research Center in Antarctica. She brought some home-made hula hoops too, and a few instruments, because she’d never go anywhere...
Now booking the fall 2018 Haven Writing Retreats! From book writers to journal writers and everything in-between, Haven will meet you where you need to be met! Come find your voice in the woods of Montana! September 19-23 (FULL) September 26-30 (one spot left)...
“I’m going to be fine in empty nest. Don’t worry about me out here in Montana in my farmhouse. I’ve got my writing. I’ve got my writing retreats. I’ve got my horses. I love my land. I’m going to travel the world. It’s time for me again.” That’s what I tell...
For those of you who feel like your best falls short sometimes...here's some permission to GIVE YOURSELF A BREAK! (special permission for mothers of college-bound seniors, in the throes of athletic recruitment!) "Mom. I’ve decided that I want to play baseball in...
I sent my son off to baseball recruitment camp yesterday morning. In a matter of months, I'll know where he's going to be spending the next four years. In one year I'll be attending two graduations: My daughter from college, my son from high school, both of them...
I wrote this 20 years ago one summer evening, after a day of hiking in the mountains of Montana with my brand new baby. It's all about letting go-- something I am learning all over again as she enters her senior year in college and my son, his junior year in high...