Writeshops

One of my favourite writing workshops! It was great to be in Lacombe again in the Fall – a perfect time of year to gather memories into stories.

One of my perennial favourites!
We let the seeds of story inspire us at my Gratitude Garden writeshop at the Lacombe Performing Arts Centre. We are ready for our garden centre visits this spring!

Thanks to Mark Weber at Lacombe Express for this feature article. I am grateful for our local newspapers that work hard to connect us as a community!

Imagine! A favourite Christmas sweet with a story baked right in!I loved teaching this “Gift of Story” workshop at the Lacombe Performing Arts Centre.

Red Deer Polytechnic is proudly offering its Series Summer Art Workshops and I am thrilled to be part of it. I offered my 5-day “Write Where You Are” writeshop and one-day “taster” Memoir-Lite.

We wrote, we created, we celebrated. Thanks to this wonderful group of writers and Red Deer Polytechnic Series Summer Arts School. See you next year!​

In this writeshop we planted words on the page to create a “garden” of memories. Some may even plant a real garden inspired by these relationships!

For almost 40 years Red Deer Polytechnic has proudly offered its Series Summer Arts School. This year I offered my a 5-day writeshop “Write Where You Are” and a one-day taster “Memoir Lite.”

For almost 40 years Red Deer College has proudly offered its Series Summer Arts School, and I was thrilled to be part of it, offering my 5-day “Writing a Gift of Story” and 1-day “Memoir-abilia.”

The Calgary Young Writers Conference: a magical convergence of 1200 students in grades 4-8 with 40+ authors offering an array of workshops at Robert Thirsk High School. Both the view and the day were inspiring!

What is your favourite Christmas treat? Is it that shortbread or that pan of buttery almond roca? Chances are your favourite Christmas sweet has a story baked right in!

Warm words and weather at the 2017 Whistler Writers Festival! Founded in Stella Harvey’s living room 16 years ago, it remains a warm and welcoming celebration Canadian writers.

I was so excited to be flying to the Whistler Writers Festival that I almost didn’t a plane! A wonderful celebration of Canadian writers in this magical mountain setting.

Spent a warm and wonderful afternoon at the Didsbury Municipal Library offering my Gratitude Garden Writeshop. Seeds of story were planted and gardening wisdom was shared.

It was an honour to spend time with Trinity residents for their “Arts Alive” event. Some arrived with memories to pour on the page — and some arrived already published!

These are a few of my favourite things: talking and writing with kids who love to “hang out on the page.” Kudos to those teachers who spent Saturday with their over-the-moon excited students!

Spring never comes to Alberta in February!
Which is why I was so excited to be doing some island-hopping with Separation Anxiety in BC this past February. First stop: Galiano Island and a Writeshop.