<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Cindy La Ferle's Home Office &#187; Writing Home</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.laferle.com/tag/writing-home/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.laferle.com</link>
	<description>a window on the writing life</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:38:47 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>The waiting season</title>
		<link>http://www.laferle.com/2011/12/the-waiting-season/</link>
		<comments>http://www.laferle.com/2011/12/the-waiting-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns & essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advent essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advent season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patience and waiting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Heart of Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing Home]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laferle.com/?p=17613</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Take time, slow down, be still, be awake to the Divine Mystery that looks so common and so ordinary, yet is wondrously present.&#8221; &#8211;Edward Hays A longer version of this essay was published in The Heart of Christmas, a Guideposts anthology. It&#8217;s also included in my book, Writing Home. &#8212; CL The Waiting Season December [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.laferle.com/2011/12/the-waiting-season/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Homecoming memories</title>
		<link>http://www.laferle.com/2011/10/the-homecoming-dance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.laferle.com/2011/10/the-homecoming-dance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 21:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns & essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high school memories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high school years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home and family essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homecoming dance attire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homecoming dances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homecoming rituals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homecoming season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lifestyles columnists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lifestyles columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michigan authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[semi-formal dances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing Home]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laferle.com/?p=17044</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nobody cares if you can&#8217;t dance well.  Just get up and dance.&#8221;  ~Dave Barry My son Nate is 25 now, and past the stage of high school homecoming dances. But this week, some of my neighbors are gearing up for this sweet tradition, and I remembered this essay from my book, Writing Home. Happy news: [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.laferle.com/2011/10/the-homecoming-dance/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>My fern garden</title>
		<link>http://www.laferle.com/2011/05/my-fern-garden/</link>
		<comments>http://www.laferle.com/2011/05/my-fern-garden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 13:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns & essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[At Home in the Garden (Guidepost gift books)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Country Gardens magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ferns in the garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gardening essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grandparent essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grandparents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home and family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[house and garden topics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shade gardens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing Home]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laferle.com/?p=15722</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was then I discovered the secret known to all gardeners: Nature has the power to heal us when words cannot.&#8221; While the nonstop rain is dampening spirits here in southeast Michigan, I have to admit the soggy soil has produced my best fern crop yet. Excerpted from Writing Home, the following essay was first [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.laferle.com/2011/05/my-fern-garden/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>New Year&#8217;s newsletter</title>
		<link>http://www.laferle.com/2011/01/new-years-newsletter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.laferle.com/2011/01/new-years-newsletter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns & essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alzheimer's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beaumont Geriatric Evaluation Clinic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guideposts gift books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[midlife issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[midlife sandwich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Year's aspirations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vscular dementia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing Home]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laferle.com/?p=14514</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.&#8221;  ~Oprah Winfrey Though I&#8217;m not big on New Year&#8217;s resolutions, I&#8217;ve always loved how January nudges us toward self-improvement and encourages fresh starts. The month, after all, is named for the two-faced Roman god, Janus, who&#8217;s always depicted looking backward and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.laferle.com/2011/01/new-years-newsletter/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Support your local authors</title>
		<link>http://www.laferle.com/2010/10/royal-oak-authors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.laferle.com/2010/10/royal-oak-authors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events & news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just for writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[author events in Oakland County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Seger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book marketing and promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book sigings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIndy La Ferle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Clements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Charles Hyde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eleanor Payson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gerry Boylan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judy Davids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michigan authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Oak Authors Book Fair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Oak Michigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Oak Public Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Oak writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Lehto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supporting local authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Weschler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing Home]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laferle.com/?p=13239</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Miss a meal if you have to, but don&#8217;t miss a good book.&#8221; &#8212; Jim Rohn Earlier this year, I went to a friend&#8217;s book signing event that was so well attended it brought tears to my eyes. My friend and his co-author gave a wonderful presentation to a standing-room-only crowd &#8212; and sold more [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.laferle.com/2010/10/royal-oak-authors/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>October Memories</title>
		<link>http://www.laferle.com/2010/10/october-memories/</link>
		<comments>http://www.laferle.com/2010/10/october-memories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 13:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns & essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autumn rituals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fall essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fall season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fathers and daughters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grief and loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inspirational essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[raking leaves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shorts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing Home]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laferle.com/?p=13106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[October is a symphony of permanence and change.&#8221; &#8212; Bonaro W. Overstreet The following short essay began as a journal entry after my father died. I recently rediscovered the notebook in which I&#8217;d written it longhand. First published in the October 1998 edition of Mary Engelbreit&#8217;s Home Companion, it&#8217;s also included in my book, Writing [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.laferle.com/2010/10/october-memories/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Remembering 9/11</title>
		<link>http://www.laferle.com/2010/09/remembering-911/</link>
		<comments>http://www.laferle.com/2010/09/remembering-911/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 01:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns & essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[09/11 8:48 AM: Documenting America's Greatest Tragedy: Eyewitness Stories and Thoughts from Ground Zero in the Attack on America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9/11 writings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commemorating 9/11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detroit journalists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[essays on home and family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethan Casey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inspirational essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York University School of Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[newspaper columns on 9/11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing Home]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laferle.com/?p=12878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This piece is included in 09/11 8:48 AM: Documenting America&#8217;s Greatest Tragedy, an anthology of raw, immediate accounts published across the nation after the tragedy of 9/11, edited by Ethan Casey with the New York University School of Journalism. ___________________ The Long Way Home By Cindy La Ferle September 20, 2001, Royal Oak, Michigan A [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.laferle.com/2010/09/remembering-911/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Thankful thoughts</title>
		<link>http://www.laferle.com/2009/11/thankful-thoughts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.laferle.com/2009/11/thankful-thoughts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events & news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[celebrations and traditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home and family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motherhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thanksgiving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing Home]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laferle.com/?p=4528</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.&#8221;  ~Epictetus I&#8217;m grateful for so much this year. I&#8217;m grateful that my family and friends have survived the economic recession, even though some of us have lost jobs, clients, assignments, or enthusiasm. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.laferle.com/2009/11/thankful-thoughts/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The &#8220;R&#8221; word</title>
		<link>http://www.laferle.com/2009/01/the-r-word/</link>
		<comments>http://www.laferle.com/2009/01/the-r-word/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns & essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just for writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Wrinkle in Time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anne Lamott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creative work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Lloyd Wright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Madeleine L'Engle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rejection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rejection letters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women's issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laferle.com/?p=690</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I take rejection as someone blowing in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.&#8221; &#8212; Sylvester Stallone This week I&#8217;m filling out entry forms and taking photos of my work for an art competition. I&#8217;m new at submitting my artwork to gallery competitions &#8212; and nervous about subjecting myself to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.laferle.com/2009/01/the-r-word/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Holiday peace</title>
		<link>http://www.laferle.com/2008/12/holiday-peace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.laferle.com/2008/12/holiday-peace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events & news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leisure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Year's Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recreation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Shakespeare quote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing Home]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laferle.com/?p=680</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as work.&#8221; &#8212; William Shakespeare. I love the small breathing space between Christmas Day and New Year&#8217;s Eve. As much as I enjoy shopping and cooking for family and dear friends, I also appreciate the chance to steal some quiet time to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.laferle.com/2008/12/holiday-peace/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

