Families
Today’s Take Action Prompt: Pretend You’re an Interviewer
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008Look at the things you have learned and seen. A quiet life is not an empty life – it is full of wishes and dreams that deserve expressing. Begin simply. Choose a decade. Any one decade that appeals to you. Write a short paragraph for each year in the decade. A brief outline of some [...]
Today’s Take Action Prompt: Familiar Fairy Tale
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008Take a familiar fairy tale and write it from different points of view. As an example, what about Cinderella’s step family? Why were her stepmother and sisters so mean? Maybe they had a difficult life? Or were just misunderstood? Consider the fairy godmothers point of view. Where did her gifts come from? Then choose a [...]
Over the Rainbow, A New Tale is Waiting to be Told
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008“Like the word wild, the word witch has come to be understood as a pejorative, but long ago it was an appellation given to both old and young women healers, the word witch deriving from the word wit, meaning wise.” ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D., Women Who Run With The Wolves Behind every good tale [...]