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Caregiving
“There are only four kinds of people in the world: Those who have been caregivers. Those who are currently caregivers. Those who will be caregivers, and those who will need a caregiver.” ~Rosalyn Carter As our loved ones age — and as we age — caregiving becomes a reality we must face, one way or another. I learned during the first year of my widowed mother’s illness that caregiving duties can take a toll on you, especially if you’re not prepared. Written in retrospect, my “No-regrets Guide to Caregiving” appears this week online in The Oakland Press, and in the September print issue of Vitality. You can read it here.…
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“Writing Your Life” — a personal essay workshop
“We are important and our lives are important, magnificent, really, and their details are worth recording. This is how writers must think, this is how we must sit down with pen in hand. We were here; we are human beings; this is how we lived.” ~Natalie Goldberg *** THIS WORKSHOP WILL BE OFFERED on NOVEMBER 16, 2023. *** I’ve been a huge fan of short personal essays for many years, and eventually made them my specialty after working as a journalist for my local newspapers. What makes a compelling personal essay? And how do you turn your most memorable experiences into marketable stories or an essay collection for your own book?…
