Category Archives: Writing about writing

Once Upon a Time

Posted on May 4, 2023 by lettersfromheartscontent

This Sunday I launch The Walker Tales on my church when I do my third Children’s message. The Walker Tales is a series of stories that follow Blind Bill who becomes Walker on his journey to become a servant in … Continue reading →

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Maybe It Is the Beer

Posted on May 30, 2017 by lettersfromheartscontent

This past weekend we celebrated our parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. It was an event remarkable for its unusual congeniality; we four sisters have had our differences and one sister would have nothing to do with me for over a decade … 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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And now for something completely different…

Posted on September 1, 2016 by lettersfromheartscontent

I am coming out of the closet. I here confess a great weakness: I don’t like to stay focused on one new interest very long. I reach a point where I feel I have learned the steps and I move … Continue reading →

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Double Take on John Finnemore’s Double Acts

Posted on June 6, 2016 by lettersfromheartscontent

John Finnemore is the author of Double Acts, six half hour BBC 4  radio skits for two actors. He is a British writer and actor, introduced to this family through Cabin Pressure, a radio sitcom about the crew and adventures … Continue reading →

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Billy Collins’ “The Trouble with Poetry”; Bluebook exam

Posted on June 6, 2016 by lettersfromheartscontent

As a Challenge III tutor with Classical Conversations last year, I had the pleasure of studying poetry with my students. Besides our readings in The Roar on the Other Side, we discussed a poem a week. Since in our study … Continue reading →

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Windows for Writers

Posted on November 13, 2015 by lettersfromheartscontent

We have a cabin out along the back of the property, overlooking the river. We offer it to company of the more adventurous sort, but I also use it as a retreat in the fall when, like Ratty, I feel … Continue reading →

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#TBT Black and White

Posted on November 12, 2015 by lettersfromheartscontent

Back when Robbo and I were new parents, I used to host poetry parties.  I believed life was more than work, food, and sleep, and that our souls needed to be fed on poetry in the company of good friends. … Continue reading →

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What I Did for My Summer Vacation

Posted on August 30, 2015 by lettersfromheartscontent

Well, my friends, it has been a long time. The constant tug I feel for spinning thoughts into poetry (of one kind or another) sometimes performs work of a different kind. This summer it generated letters with actual stamps, an … Continue reading →

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