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What Lights Your Way?

December 23, 2019 By Nancy Casey

Today, in the northern season of minimal sunlight, write about light and how useful it is. In a literal sense, light helps us move our physical bodies past obstacles without getting hurt. Light eliminates the problems that darkness creates. We speak and think of light figuratively, too. The light inside a person's mind, heart, or self. How does this kind of light show the … [Read more...] about What Lights Your Way?

Month by Month

December 16, 2019 By Nancy Casey

Memory is disorderly, but a calendar is not. Sometimes you can trick unexpected insights from your mind by mapping your disorderly memory onto an orderly calendar. Divide the page into 12 roughly equal sections, each labeled with a month of the year. Scan your memories of the previous year and try to connect the memories with a specific month. When an event occurred. When a … [Read more...] about Month by Month

Just Jars

December 9, 2019 By Nancy Casey

Write about jars. A jar that's in front of you. One you remember or invent. What are the most prominent jars in your life story? Or write about the contents of jars. What is in them and what is not. How are they labeled? Think about jars metaphorically. Jars of affection. Jars of time. Jars of forgotten events. What would you like to find in a jar? What would you like … [Read more...] about Just Jars

Ahead and Behind

June 24, 2019 By Nancy Casey

Which stands out more in your mind, the things you must do or the things you have already done? When your mind is pleasantly wandering, are you more likely to daydream about your bucket list or dwell on your many accomplishments? Test yourself with this exercise. Draw a line a the top of the page to save room for a title. On the left side of the page, write the … [Read more...] about Ahead and Behind

No Pain

May 20, 2019 By Nancy Casey

If someone says, "No pain," many people will respond, either aloud or in their mind, "No gain." There's a falsehood in that notion, however. While it's true that in overcoming pain, a person often grows, it's not true that the way to grow is to inflict pain on yourself. What can occur in the absence of pain? Write a page about that today. You can write about … [Read more...] about No Pain

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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.


Schedule of 2023-24 Let’s Talk About It sessions coming soon!


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