Make Merry
“Better your anger and fears
flow like ink from a pen onto the page,
or paint onto a canvas,
than blood on the sidewalk.
Better your blows strike the faces of drums
or cords of melody,
than the backs and faces of
women and children!”
Nathan M. Richardson
This little aphorism was born from the many poetry readings and workshops Nathan teaches [...]
From her book Momma Sayings and Life Reflections:
What does success look like to you? How do you define it? Is it writing a book, building a business or making a certain amount of money? Clearly success looks different to different people. Equally clear is that success looks quite different from the inside than it [...]
Our writers’ series has expanded, and this is what it looks like now:
Writers on Thursdays: A New Program Series for every writer, every Thursday, every month,
October 2008 through June 2009
1st Thursday
Writers on Writing – Invited local authors read and give background on their work, sharing how and why they write. Contact Anita Harrell, 757-315-3702
2nd Thursday
Kinship [...]
We started a program series in 2007 at our library called Writers on Writing on Thursdays, which features local authors reading and giving background on their work. The programs have been very successful, both because the authors have been fabulous and because we serve refreshments. )
We’ve invited the participants to share blog-sized bits of [...]
