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 Warm up What strategies are working so far in your writing? Any techniques that are working for you. 5 minutes to think about it. What has worked for me was the last writing prompt, and everyone’s concerne\ns about their writing. I shared a piece about my father and then talked with my sister about my mother and t hat opened a floodgate of meories for her, and I thought, this conversation is really good, how can I can continue it, giving her permission to talk and also saying I wouldn’t write her thoughts or ideas in any history I wrote, especially without her permission maybe except to say, she was there for my parents t. Still it does feel like an intrusion onto her space and I remembered the idea of giving the relatives a changce to expression express their epersonal histories, without being intrusive. I didn’t realize how much that intrusiveness impacted my writing but now I think I should write an historical fiction piece, like about what couldn’’ve been. Then I encountered a...

 Question: What are your concerns about honesty / privacy in legacy in writing. 1. My concern is that the tone of the writing may be too self indulgent, like about me and my reaction to a situation instead about the situation itself.  2. That the tone may change the story itself from being an "honest" one in the sense that it conveys more about the situation than about me, how to take myself out of the story, so it is more of a gift to others in the family. 3. That the emotional tone may be off putting, ie, like "who does she think she is" type of moment. 4. On the other hand, I want to include bits of information that may be of interest to anyone. For instance the history of the Iron Mines in Northern Minnesota in 1919 and 1929 and 1939, how to make that more informative about the human condition and survival, and how people guard their hearts and can still give from their hearts to others: family, community, the society as a whole. More of a message of hope withou...

 From Cynthia: Can you share any movement/somatic/rehab background you have? I want to be able to make your model as best I can when answering your questions. If you do not have any that is fine too and helpful to know. Dear Cynthia: Thank you for taking my questions. I don’t know if this will help answer your question so you can answer my questions. I am very interested in this work, and so pleased you have this course work to help others. A. For myself: I have worked with different people for pain reduction, acupuncture, somatic work (fold and hold), tai chi to develop more fluidity in movement (worked with Daisy Lee who does Women’s Lotus workshops), massage, Reiki, etc. Everything works for a while. Currently I have suffered some falls and worked with a Physical Therapist to regain functional movement, but in the process found some more chronic issues with my gait that seem to stop my progress and perhaps (BFL) may be causing falls, etc. B. For others, (and myself), I worked wi...

 Journal and method for healing and self discovery, called a journal intensive. A lot of techniques involved with the aim toward healing. Ira Progoff technique: a specific point of momentum along life. Per Brenda Hudson, like stepping stones to cross a river. Helpful questions, what are those pivotal moments. Event, etc. Questions: (divorce, education, added family member, loss, love, etc., quiet interior yet significant moments where your view on life may have shifted, "I learned to become a better friend", example of not showing up in friendships the way she should.  1. Did this event or decision irrevocably change me/my life: 2. Is this even still impacting my life as I am living it today? Think of your own life.... Can some be combined, are there themes that run throughout them.   firstStart creating a list of 12 stepping stones. Tripping stones. Climbing stones. Jumping stones. Skipping stones. Collecting stones.  i was born can be first, decade by decade l...

 Questions for Cynthia: I have two general categories of questions.  The first category: 1. Several specific people are interested in what I am doing, and already are in physical therapy. A. One uses a walker and I have recommended the 20% or less is more concept, soft knees, and heel tapping, scooping chest, pulses on the floor with one knee in standing and next will introduction Roman Sandals, so far they seem to have improved her overall ability to stay upright, stand taller, and walk longer and reduce knee pain. In the past we have done chair yoga together but the spiraling aspect of any yoga provoked pain. She is under the care of a physician and does get an ok for any of these movements. I have advised her about this program and the concerns about fragility of bones and the need to be careful. Profession Comments?  B. Another friend has been in PT for the last 2 years for impingement syndrome and has improved in terms of foot numbness. I have suggested added the Hee...

DEAR FUTURE I ask for this I am not trying to be greedy I am trying to be greedy Because I have only asked for one thing in my life To have a daughter And you gave that to me I tried to ask for more Because I thought “It had worked” Maybe I want more I asked for Love Instead you gave me the illusion of Love You taught me the Buddhist concept of illusion How wanting is illusion How love is illusion How life is an illusion But with all that learning Will all the humility I learned from Seeking love and having that be the greatest illusion of all You taught me to remember What I had So now, on the other side of a year lost in pain, and surgery, in broken bones, in weakness and darkening skies as my vision went, I realize. I realize that all of that Was what I asked for So now I ask no more. 

 Cooking with Words Introductions Hazelnuts: Palazi Generosa, industry declining but hazelnut capital in Italy  TRADITIONS OF THE FAMILY Recipes/stories/own photos Working on a memoir COOKBOOKS:      Conceptions/Editorial Focus     Digital & Print Formats     Design/Photo Illustration     Recipes     Blurbs, Sidebars, Tips & Extras     Back Matter FOOD CONTENT/EDITORIAL     Blogs & Listicles     Video Scripts Coffee breaks between sections Design of book, Seth by design of book, set a style, will drive the book Photos or illustrations, “GRAphic. Cookbooks’ Michael. Simon: What’s more important than recipes is how we think about food, and a good cookbook should open up a. New way of doing just that. Michael Simon (food network,Iron Chef America, restaurant et in Cleveland including LULU, first cookbook in 2009. Michael Sykmonbs’ live to cook, recipes to rock your kitchen) A. Joy of ...

 I am writing this for you because. I feel inundated with information abou other people constantly, and yet I feel that the more distracted I am from that inward journey the more  possible. It is for me to miss the point that the life of the everyday person is as momumental as that of the larger than life persona. It becomes more difficult to stay away from that type of a distraction and so lose yourself in the moment of “otherness” quickly forgetting all the inward human qualities that make us who we are: generosity, love for the other, the intention of helping others, the need to share a kind of humanness with each other and recognize that in others. It is too easy to be distracted from that goal and in so doing allow the external “news worthy” personae take over, missing the inner qualities we have with connection to the earth and to eat=ch other. The every day story, is the important one. I hope with this writing to stimulate somehow that type of thinking, that what we do ...

 I apparently have an improvement in fragment phrase, so let’s see if I have another one. Early Winter Morn Sun cast tree shadows On winding road Tree shadows pattern winding road Tall tree shadows sun between Sun between tall tree shadows Cast on winding road Road winds underfoot Early Winter Morn Sun between tall tree shadows Cast on winding road Green meadow open White tail deer slow down and graze Following their trail You're doing so well with these!  Yes, you're correctly identifying what is the fragment and what is the phrase in your first one: Winter wind whistles  Squirrel carries an acorn  To earth home safety "Winter wind," the fragment, frames the image of the squirrel carrying an acorn to the earth.  To further underscore the idea of safety, and also just based on what I know of squirrel behavior, here's a tweak to consider: Winter wind whistles  Squirrel buries an acorn  In earth home safety The act of burying, to me, makes the acorn feel...