the lowdown: I'm teaching a writing workshop on May 20th and you can read all about it (and sign up!) here. Join us!

the longer story: Here we are in month 217 of the new year and the second decade of lock-down. Maybe you perfected the thinking of happy thoughts and the gentle art of self-adoration right after you baked a perfect loaf of sourdough last March, and now you float around your house on a pink cloud of creative effervescence and total contentment with yourself.

This class might still appeal!

But even more so if at any point you've struggled to have the voice you hear in your head, the one you speak to yourself with, be one of the kinder voices you hear in a day.

I'm teaching the class under the lovely umbrella that my friend Nōn Wells has opened up, one I first encountered when I was a guest on his podcast . He makes the most embracing, easy space for people to talk about all kinds of things and I warmly recommend a dive into the archives because you are just about guaranteed to find a very comfortable conversation to listen to about something you have not been personally comfortable talking about despite your possibly longing to do so.

As for the class, you don't need previous writing experience or any fancy tools to take part. Just the willingness to show up, and some object that has been precious to you at some stage in your life. You don't even need the actual object; just the memory of one will do just as nicely.

We’ll move in a leisurely way through the task of describing this object, regarding it with the tenderness we often reserve for matters outside of ourselves, and work our way gently around and into the job of directing that same warm light self-ward. If you don’t like sharing out loud, you don’t have to, and if you find you DO like that, you’ll have access to some kind ears to speak to.

In the manner of all things Nōn, it will be a relaxed, welcoming space to noodle around in.

I hope you’ll join us!

You can read a little more about the class and get the registration details by clicking here.