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About lettersfromheartscontent

I'm a writer working on YA fiction. I am also a mother of six, grandmother, wife to a forester, former homeschool teacher and tutor with Classical Conversations. Now retired from teaching Music at a small Christian school. In retirement I am writing, care-giving, decluttering, and calling village dances in order to give groups of strangers the joy of accomplishing something good together.

9 Ideas for Challenge classes during National Poetry Month

Posted on April 2, 2017 by lettersfromheartscontent

My students in the Challenge III program of Classical Conversations study five Shakespeare plays, and work on poetry through the year. But because they are so busy, poetry gets put aside, and we sip a thin broth on poetry sharing … Continue reading →

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It’s Back!

Posted on March 30, 2017 by lettersfromheartscontent

Those of my readers who love real olive oil will be glad to hear of the fantastic deal available at local grocery stores! I found last fall’s pressing of olive oil from California Olive Ranch is available at my local … Continue reading →

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A free poetry course

Posted on March 7, 2017 by lettersfromheartscontent

Inspired by the Gotham Writers Workshop courses I am setting up a poetry group to explore writing poetry. This is for anyone who wants to break into more freedom with poetic language or to just become more creative at problem-solving. … Continue reading →

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The Daily Poet

Posted on January 29, 2017 by lettersfromheartscontent

On a blog named “Letters from Heart’s Content”, surely the reader expects to read something new from time to time. Fresh out of the oven, slathered with butter, here it is. Gotham Writers Workshop offers some dynamite writing courses online. My … Continue reading →

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Koselig: Not Just for Christmas #TBT

Posted on January 12, 2017 by lettersfromheartscontent

Well, this goes down as the winter I discovered koselig, a name both for something I already experience and for something I want to cultivate. In December I read a range of articles on koselig (and its sister hygge) to … Continue reading →

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Whoosh! Wasabi mad.

Posted on January 8, 2017 by lettersfromheartscontent

So, a few days after Christmas I was found myself wasabi mad. Wasabi mad: angry in an instant, flaming way, going instantly from calm to raging and quickly subsiding. Someone is rude to you and you flare into anger. Suddenly … Continue reading →

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In the News

Posted on January 5, 2017 by lettersfromheartscontent

I just got off the phone with a woman I’ve never met who told me a story. Sheila Hagar knew my birthmother when they both lived in Walla Walla, and she has been storing some Anziano family china for a … Continue reading →

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Making a tiny splash in the Internet

Posted on January 2, 2017 by lettersfromheartscontent

I think I can safely say there is not yet a villanelle on the theme of hygge, the Danish art of living through the winter with comforting coziness. So, plip, here is my unique drop in the vast sea of … Continue reading →

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Overdosed on Hamilton

Posted on October 15, 2016 by lettersfromheartscontent

Students in my Challenge III class wouldn’t stop talking about Hamilton; something said in discussion would trigger them and they would start chanting and moving in syncopated rhythm while the rest of us looked on in bewilderment. After a couple … Continue reading →

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The Mediterranean Diet

Posted on September 19, 2016 by lettersfromheartscontent

I came across this image today as I was following up on my recent post about fresh olive oil. The older I get, the more my Mediterranean genes are expressing; on my mother’s side I am all Sicilian, while my … Continue reading →

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