“The truth that our cultures and even our souls thrive when they have access to the arts.” 👏👏👏 Loved all of your reading memories and omg Chippewa Falls! How did you remember that?? Amazing
Gah! I love this post and think it's especially cool that your RWWW draft played into it, too, since that course brought our writing group together. I also adore The Giver and your reflections on it. One artist whose songwriting has "helped stitch my heart together" is Joy Oladokun. Jay and I saw her live earlier this year and she was amazing.
Yes, it was fun to revisit that piece after so long! I am fairly new to Joy Oladokun (I think you introduced me!) and this makes me want to listen to more.
Thanks, Callie! I think we should bring back roller skating parties. :) (Also, I feel like telling you that the bones of this essay were first written years ago in Reading Well, Writing Well for my reading history. 💛)
I wrote this post after re-reading my Reading History from our Reading Well, Writing Well workshop all those years ago w/ Sonya and Callie. I remember many of us had similar favorites as kids (not surprising). Thanks for the support on my other project...time for me to get writing those posts, I guess, ha!
“The truth that our cultures and even our souls thrive when they have access to the arts.” 👏👏👏 Loved all of your reading memories and omg Chippewa Falls! How did you remember that?? Amazing
Who knows what other random details are lodged in this brain 😂
Gah! I love this post and think it's especially cool that your RWWW draft played into it, too, since that course brought our writing group together. I also adore The Giver and your reflections on it. One artist whose songwriting has "helped stitch my heart together" is Joy Oladokun. Jay and I saw her live earlier this year and she was amazing.
Yes, it was fun to revisit that piece after so long! I am fairly new to Joy Oladokun (I think you introduced me!) and this makes me want to listen to more.
This is amazing, and my favorite part is, "While my ex-bff was roller skating to Coolio..."
Thanks, Callie! I think we should bring back roller skating parties. :) (Also, I feel like telling you that the bones of this essay were first written years ago in Reading Well, Writing Well for my reading history. 💛)
Loved getting a glimpse into your reading life over the years!!
Thanks, Kim! And thanks for the prompt to get me writing this month.
I loved The Giver as a kid, too!! Can't wait to read your future posts about midlife ladies!! :)
I wrote this post after re-reading my Reading History from our Reading Well, Writing Well workshop all those years ago w/ Sonya and Callie. I remember many of us had similar favorites as kids (not surprising). Thanks for the support on my other project...time for me to get writing those posts, I guess, ha!
Oh gosh, I forgot about that workshop! That feels like forever ago!