In Laura’s Words
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
My To BE List
I love a list. Not a To Do list. But a To BE list. I also love word To Be lists. I call myself a word wanderer. For years my screensaver words have been: Playful, curious, awed, kind… I landed on those words after thinking long and hard about what I value. What I want...
No Black Friday
Give yourself or someone you love a Haven Writing Retreat for the holidays! My next one is March 19-243, 2025 and it's filling fast. Click here for the other 2025 dates, more info, and to book an introductory call with me! Does an online writing community and...
A Team of One: letting go of perfection
As seen in Pangyrus I have always been more than one person. When I was married with young children, I was at least four people. A woman. A wife. A mother. A writer. When I had a party, and that was often, I upped the ante and became many more people: a...
Exiling the Voice by Exiling Yourself: giving you concrete writing exercises to finally shed its destructive nature…
This is a three part, three week, series about how to become aware of the negative self-talk we all have on some level, and how to replace it with a kind, loving inner voice, all inspired by the plot twists of travel. Part I: In which I describe this voice, and give...
Happy Merry Christmas: touched by a true Christmas angel
I’m bringing back this essay that I wrote six years ago when I was in the throes of impending empty nest. Every time I read it, I weep and awaken… Especially this time of year. May it land in your heart. Nothing that I planned for this Christmas season happened. And...
What to say when someone dies
Featured in Huffington Post and Thrive Global No one really knows what to say to someone when their loved one dies. You can say, “You’re in my thoughts and prayers,” and maybe that’s true. Maybe you actually know what to think or pray on that person’s behalf. ...
Thanksgiving Gravy Haven
Well, Thanksgiving is almost here and many of us fear the gravy. Fear NOT! You don't need flour. You don't need to reduce anything. And for heaven's sake, you don't need some powdered packet from the grocery store. I have been playing around with my gravy for...
Someone’s in the Kitchen: allowing your kids to care for you
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...
Room: how one word can turn the scared into the sacred
***Still a few rare spots left on my October 24-27 Haven Writing Retreat! To book an intro call, go here. As seen on Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper Montanans like to say, “You won’t know that a mountain lion’s stalking you until you feel its teeth on the back of your...
Dust Off Your Journal. Talk With Your Soul.
On this summer weekend day, I awoke early, and with a little girl’s butterflies. A whole day of solitude ahead of me, to write, read, walk in the woods with my dogs, sit on my favorite stump and watch the forest theater. It occurred to me that I hadn’t written in my...
