On January 27 we had to reschedule The Zoom memoir-writing class I lead Wednesdays at The Admiral at the Lake, and for good reason: every resident and staff member at that Continuing Care Retirement Community was getting the COVID-19 vaccine that day. At our rescheduled Zoom class, writers reported how each resident had an appointed […]

Every December the publisher of my book Writing Out Loud asks me to write a year-end holiday message to send out to people who subscribe to my newsletter. But this past holiday, I had writer’s block. Who wanted to think hard about 2020? What would I write about? Conference presentations that got cancelled? Visits to […]

I am pleased to introduce Nancy Lerman as our Saturdays with Seniors guest blogger today. Nancy has been in the Monday class I lead for The Village Chicago since it started in 2013 and has participated in a writing Program at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre for six years as well. That’s a lot of writing! Several […]

I am pleased to feature Audrey Mitchell as our Saturdays with Seniors guest blogger today. Audrey has been a member of the “Me, Myself & I” memoir-writing class for 11 years. The class was cancelled indefinitely last March, but Sharon Kramer  (another writer in Audrey’s class) generously volunteered to start (and lead) the “Me, Myself […]

here’s some happy news: the Chicago Public Library contacted me last month to see if I’d be willing to lead a three-part memoir-writing workshop on Zoom. Thanks in large part to writers in my ongoing memoir writing classes who encouraged – and continue to help – me feel comfortable using Zoom, I could, with confidence, […]