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What’s Easy

February 1, 2021 By Nancy Casey

Write about something--or several things--that are easy for you. What are you good at? Did you have to learn how and practice? Or have you always been good at it without trying very hard. Consider physical activities or mental ones. Describe an activity that is easy for you and tell a little bit about your history with it. Describe another, and another. Until … [Read more...] about What’s Easy

Landscapes of Life

December 28, 2020 By Nancy Casey

Life is not a straight-line journey! It's more like a wander through a landscape of possibilities and surprises. Some aspects of life can remind you of pristine mountains. Others might have more in common with dirty cities. Draw a map of an imaginary landscape with a variety of landscape features. Name each feature for a quality that a life can have--challenges, lessons, … [Read more...] about Landscapes of Life

Hot (Not) To Do Something

November 9, 2020 By Nancy Casey

You know how to do things that other people don't. Write about (at least) one of them today. You can choose a mundane skill, such as one that maintains your health or your household. Or you can choose something more esoteric, a skill that you, but not everyone, has. Write in the voice of one who gives advice to the uninitiated, but instead of explaining what to do, … [Read more...] about Hot (Not) To Do Something

Ah, Plans…

November 2, 2020 By Nancy Casey

2020 has been a year for telling wry jokes about plans. As if all plans lead to disappointment. Write about the other plans, the plans that you have right now that are clear and solid. Your immediate plans, for instance. Food for today. Tasks to finish, or start. What are your newest plans? Your post-pandemic plans? Do you have plans not to plan anything in certain … [Read more...] about Ah, Plans…

A Turning Point, Alphabetically

September 28, 2020 By Nancy Casey

Think about a turning point in your life. Big or small. A turning point can arrive on an event or a thought. You might notice a turning point as you pass through it, or only come to understand it in retrospect. Write the letters of the alphabet, in any order, down the center of the page. Choose a word that begins with each letter. On the left side, write a phrase or … [Read more...] about A Turning Point, Alphabetically

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Nancy blogs weekly for the Latah Recovery Community Center, sharing writing ideas that support self-awareness and self-esteem.


Looking for an art project that is secretly full of math? Or a math project that results in interesting art? Equilateral Triangle is an Inquiry Pack full of project ideas that will keep you thinking for a long time.


Writing classes and workshops

In-person Write-For-You workshops at the Latah Recovery Center have been suspended for a bit, but you can still do the writing prompts on your own. For more information, about the Write for You program, or if you are in recovery and interested in writing coaching, contact Nancy.


 

Let’s Talk About It

This is a program that supports reading and discussion in libraries throughout the state of Idaho.

Working with the Program Committee, I updated the theme The Humanity of Science and Technology.


 

2021-22 Let’s Talk About It Discussions

November 10 – Tuesdays with Morrie – Clearwater Memorial Library – Orofino

 

November 18 – A Home Below Hells Canyon – Boise Basin District Library – Idaho City

 

February 8 – The Girl Who Fell From the Sky – Grangeville Centennial Library – Grangeville

 

February 15 – Sweet Promised Land – Garden Valley District Library – Garden Valley

 

March 23 – Less – Coeur d’Alene Public Library – Coeur d’Alene


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