Changing the World, One Writer at a Time – April 2015
– Kelly Full Service Community School in Holyoke – . Over the past three years, Main Street Writers has been conducting writing projects with children
– Kelly Full Service Community School in Holyoke – . Over the past three years, Main Street Writers has been conducting writing projects with children
Morning Mist – Roderick MacIver Poetry begins with stillness. This doesn’t mean you have to meditate for hours, or practice any particular training or discipline.
. Windows are fascinating. They draw the eye, center the attention, and orient the body. They invite observation: what’s inside, what’s outside; what’s solid, what’s
A thank you note to the Write Angles Conference for their support of the Holyoke Boys & Girls Club Writing Workshop . Tapping one’s creativity becoming more fully
This past March, I set up a writing studio at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke. I was delighted to find a writing space that looked out
An open letter to all who shared their voices and hearts in the May 9 Reading and Fundraiser: as as Dear Main Street Writers and
Who Cares?
Who cares about your writing? That’s an important question. If life with writing in it is better than life without it, then you care, for one.
And people who like to write tend to cross paths with other people who like to write. If you’re sharing your writing with someone, it’s a good bet they care about your writing, as well.
Is life with writing in it …better than life without writing in it?
If so, then it follows that writing frequently will create a life that is more frequently …better.
At some very basic level, creativity is a gift that each of us carries. Some people express their creativity through music. Some dance. For some, it’s raising children, or building an organization, or cooking a nourishing meal. Creativity is a living force. It’s everywhere – and it’s ours to tap, in whatever ways most move us.