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
So Now What: love from Laura, and the women of Willa’s Grove
We’re all asking this question right now, globally: So Now What? Life isn’t going as we planned, to say the least, due to COVID-19. So many of our labored-over plans have been derailed. We’re off script. We’re worried. We’re trying to find the balance between staying...
Spread Love (not viruses)
I have letters from my family that go back to the 1918 flu epidemic. Many of them. And they all talk about the Grippe in a beautiful, dedicated, and terrified ink script: “Dear, Son. I knitted you this sweater. Please wear it and your wool overclothes that Papa and I...
Why I Wrote WILLA’S GROVE: Finding your So Now What?
As seen on Women's Writers, Women's Books Book ideas are always coming to me. I’m usually working on a few at the same time and always in different genres—different ways to find the truth. That’s what I’m after: truth. Each book begins with a central question—some...
Taking Your Message on the Road
Dedicated to anyone who gets on stages with a message they care about. Pre-order your copy of Willa's Grove from your local bookstore or here for its March 3rd release! ***My new website, with all the event links, launches this week...so stay tuned! For now,...
The (C)Harm in Asking: A You’re Welcome attitude
Why is asking for help so hard? These days I have a list of things I need help with, and it always brings up so many uncomfortable emotions: guilt (that I need help in the first place), shame (that I might not be worth it), fear (of being rejected), worry (that I will...
Sacred Solitude: a holiday date with your vulnerability
I write a lot about pain. I always have. Writing moves the pain through me and moves me through it. Some of that pain-processing stays in my journal, but a lot of it ends up in my newsletters, blogs, social media posts, essays, and books. Over the years people have...
Community or Netflix: (get off your couch)
So this is new: going out socially as a single entity. I’ve never really done it. Not in my daily life. I mean—yeah—to the grocery store, or kids’ sporting events, or whatever quotidian life has required. But socially…I’ve always travelled in some version of a pack....
Finding Our So Now What
Pre-order Willa's Grove now! (from your local bookstore, or here) Book ideas are always coming to me. I’m usually working on a few at the same time and always in different genres—different ways to find the truth. That’s what I’m after: truth. Each book begins with a...
The Magic of the Woods: A lesson in wonder
I love to wander in the woods this time of year, when the forest yields its last fruits: the river birches and aspens going gold, the mountain maples blazing red, and the larch starting to think about their green needles turning flaxen and carpeting the forest floor....
The “Me Time” Medal: a week of wellness
What does it take, I wonder, to just…stop? To stop the madness of pushing buttons and swiping, clicking, scrolling from one screen to the next, taking trains, planes, and automobiles here and there and everywhere, booking that appointment up against the one before it...
