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June 10, 2024

Summer Hawthorn

Summer. Not my best season.

Getting out of town

By Susan Dixon
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December 30, 2023

January Writing

Two years ago I decided to do a self-guided writing retreat in the off-season at an artist residency center. My own space, my own time, alone, just me and my writing. I didn’t even want to negotiate the shared
By Susan Dixon
December 21, 2023

Winter Solstice

Dorie Greenspan has a classic recipe for the perfect cookie that she got from Pierre Hermé. It’s basically a French sablé but like an American chocolate chip cookie, it is made with both white and brown sugar. It’s got
By Susan Dixon
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December 11, 2023

Why writing in January is a really good idea

  1. The holidays are over.
  2. No one expects anything of you.
  3. It’s dark.
  4. No social obligations.
  5. Hygge.
  6. It’s quiet.
  7. There are still some cookies left.

Cozy Writing : Winter At-Home Writers Retreats

By Susan Dixon
December 3, 2023

Advent 2023

As soon as we arrived in St. Petersburg, Florida, in the early 60s, my parents went “church shopping,” visiting Methodist churches one after another. Things went awry every time. One church didn’t have a Sunday School. The minister at
By Susan Dixon
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September 24, 2023

Still, the journey

The last three times I have traveled it was to Vietnam. I prepared in all the usual ways—passport, suitcase organization, contingency plans—and I used Rosetta Stone and/or Duolingo to study the language. I had no illusions that I would
By Susan Dixon
August 7, 2023

The POW-MIA Metaphor

My writing group, The Pen and the Sword, considers topics related to any war, but the Vietnam War in particular. Our theme at the moment is After War—the ways in which cultures, communities, individuals leave war behind and transition
By Susan Dixon
July 14, 2023

A Place for Interesting Things

I used to think, because this is how I was trained—in high school, in college, in grad school, in life—that I had to have a Theme. If I wanted to host a blog/website/discussion/writing space, it had to have a
By Susan Dixon

“It’s Imbolc,” I say, brightly. “The first day of spring. In the Celtic calendar.”

Getting out of town

By Susan Dixon
,
December 30, 2023

January Writing

Two years ago I decided to do a self-guided writing retreat in the off-season at an artist residency center. My own space, my own time, alone, just me and my writing. I didn’t even want to negotiate the shared
By Susan Dixon
December 21, 2023

Winter Solstice

Dorie Greenspan has a classic recipe for the perfect cookie that she got from Pierre Hermé. It’s basically a French sablé but like an American chocolate chip cookie, it is made with both white and brown sugar. It’s got
By Susan Dixon
,
December 11, 2023

Why writing in January is a really good idea

  1. The holidays are over.
  2. No one expects anything of you.
  3. It’s dark.
  4. No social obligations.
  5. Hygge.
  6. It’s quiet.
  7. There are still some cookies left.

Cozy Writing : Winter At-Home Writers Retreats

By Susan Dixon
December 3, 2023

Advent 2023

As soon as we arrived in St. Petersburg, Florida, in the early 60s, my parents went “church shopping,” visiting Methodist churches one after another. Things went awry every time. One church didn’t have a Sunday School. The minister at
By Susan Dixon
,
September 24, 2023

Still, the journey

The last three times I have traveled it was to Vietnam. I prepared in all the usual ways—passport, suitcase organization, contingency plans—and I used Rosetta Stone and/or Duolingo to study the language. I had no illusions that I would
By Susan Dixon
August 7, 2023

The POW-MIA Metaphor

My writing group, The Pen and the Sword, considers topics related to any war, but the Vietnam War in particular. Our theme at the moment is After War—the ways in which cultures, communities, individuals leave war behind and transition
By Susan Dixon
July 14, 2023

A Place for Interesting Things

I used to think, because this is how I was trained—in high school, in college, in grad school, in life—that I had to have a Theme. If I wanted to host a blog/website/discussion/writing space, it had to have a
By Susan Dixon

The reviewer was not the first to understand the heart of Seeking Quan Am, but

By Susan Dixon
February 1, 2024

Imbolc, Groundhog Day, Presentation, Candlemas …

… Lunar New Year, Tet, days getting longer, people complaining about winter …

“It’s Imbolc,” I say, brightly. “The first day of spring. In the Celtic calendar.”

Winter At-Home Writers Retreats
Whether it’s a work-in-progress, or big plans, or an idea in the back of your head, winter, after the holidays, is a wonderful time to write.

Getting out of town

By Susan Dixon
,
December 30, 2023

January Writing

Two years ago I decided to do a self-guided writing retreat in the off-season at an artist residency center. My own space, my own time, alone, just me and my writing. I didn’t even want to negotiate the shared
By Susan Dixon
December 21, 2023

Winter Solstice

Dorie Greenspan has a classic recipe for the perfect cookie that she got from Pierre Hermé. It’s basically a French sablé but like an American chocolate chip cookie, it is made with both white and brown sugar. It’s got
By Susan Dixon
,
December 11, 2023

Why writing in January is a really good idea

  1. The holidays are over.
  2. No one expects anything of you.
  3. It’s dark.
  4. No social obligations.
  5. Hygge.
  6. It’s quiet.
  7. There are still some cookies left.

Cozy Writing : Winter At-Home Writers Retreats

By Susan Dixon
December 3, 2023

Advent 2023

As soon as we arrived in St. Petersburg, Florida, in the early 60s, my parents went “church shopping,” visiting Methodist churches one after another. Things went awry every time. One church didn’t have a Sunday School. The minister at
By Susan Dixon
,
September 24, 2023

Still, the journey

The last three times I have traveled it was to Vietnam. I prepared in all the usual ways—passport, suitcase organization, contingency plans—and I used Rosetta Stone and/or Duolingo to study the language. I had no illusions that I would
By Susan Dixon
August 7, 2023

The POW-MIA Metaphor

My writing group, The Pen and the Sword, considers topics related to any war, but the Vietnam War in particular. Our theme at the moment is After War—the ways in which cultures, communities, individuals leave war behind and transition
By Susan Dixon
July 14, 2023

A Place for Interesting Things

I used to think, because this is how I was trained—in high school, in college, in grad school, in life—that I had to have a Theme. If I wanted to host a blog/website/discussion/writing space, it had to have a
By Susan Dixon

While most people are thrilled with sunshine and heat and energetic Outdoor Activities, I just want to find my cave where I

By Susan Dixon
March 19, 2024

Equinox and Eclipse

I am already dreading the eclipse. I am awed by it, of course. Awed that it will roll across the United States, arriving in the Finger Lakes in the mid-afternoon and then continuing on its path into Canada. Where
By Susan Dixon
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February 12, 2024

An Ending That Isn’t an Ending

“You will hurt,” the review promised. “Vietnam hurt us.”

The reviewer was not the first to understand the heart of Seeking Quan Am, but

By Susan Dixon
February 1, 2024

Imbolc, Groundhog Day, Presentation, Candlemas …

… Lunar New Year, Tet, days getting longer, people complaining about winter …

“It’s Imbolc,” I say, brightly. “The first day of spring. In the Celtic calendar.”

Winter At-Home Writers Retreats
Whether it’s a work-in-progress, or big plans, or an idea in the back of your head, winter, after the holidays, is a wonderful time to write.

Getting out of town

By Susan Dixon
,
December 30, 2023

January Writing

Two years ago I decided to do a self-guided writing retreat in the off-season at an artist residency center. My own space, my own time, alone, just me and my writing. I didn’t even want to negotiate the shared
By Susan Dixon
December 21, 2023

Winter Solstice

Dorie Greenspan has a classic recipe for the perfect cookie that she got from Pierre Hermé. It’s basically a French sablé but like an American chocolate chip cookie, it is made with both white and brown sugar. It’s got
By Susan Dixon
,
December 11, 2023

Why writing in January is a really good idea

  1. The holidays are over.
  2. No one expects anything of you.
  3. It’s dark.
  4. No social obligations.
  5. Hygge.
  6. It’s quiet.
  7. There are still some cookies left.

Cozy Writing : Winter At-Home Writers Retreats

By Susan Dixon
December 3, 2023

Advent 2023

As soon as we arrived in St. Petersburg, Florida, in the early 60s, my parents went “church shopping,” visiting Methodist churches one after another. Things went awry every time. One church didn’t have a Sunday School. The minister at
By Susan Dixon
,
September 24, 2023

Still, the journey

The last three times I have traveled it was to Vietnam. I prepared in all the usual ways—passport, suitcase organization, contingency plans—and I used Rosetta Stone and/or Duolingo to study the language. I had no illusions that I would
By Susan Dixon
August 7, 2023

The POW-MIA Metaphor

My writing group, The Pen and the Sword, considers topics related to any war, but the Vietnam War in particular. Our theme at the moment is After War—the ways in which cultures, communities, individuals leave war behind and transition
By Susan Dixon
July 14, 2023

A Place for Interesting Things

I used to think, because this is how I was trained—in high school, in college, in grad school, in life—that I had to have a Theme. If I wanted to host a blog/website/discussion/writing space, it had to have a
By Susan Dixon

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