by Lora | Sep 21, 2019 | About Writing, Sustainability, Travel
Reducing the Giant Carbon Footprint of Air Travel 32 The square feet of Arctic summer sea ice cover melted by one passenger’s share of emissions on a 2,500-mile flight. THIRTY-TWO SQUARE FEET About the size of a queen-sized bed for each passenger on a cross country or...
by Lora | Jul 2, 2019 | About Writing, Nature
how to convey wonder and awe of natural phenomena After writing my blog to commemorate World Oceans Day, I went outdoors. Walking and weeding and a shredding event got me thinking … about the world, and oceans, and how the world really has one big ocean we divide into...
by Lora | May 7, 2019 | About Writing, Community
True Stories launched in January! The first printing sold out and a second print run is now available. Editor Cami Ostman of The Narrative Project and I have been collaborating to set up book reading and signing events. Are you a bookstore owner? Do you know a...
by Lora | Apr 15, 2019 | About Writing
The Neverending Bookshop (TNEBS) in Perrinville (Lynnwood WA) will be holding a reading, panel discussion with Q & A, and signing for “True Stories” on Saturday, April 20th at 2:00 p.m. The Neverending Bookshop is very excited to host writers from The...
by Lora | Mar 26, 2019 | About Writing, Healthy Food, Sustainability
National Clam Chowder Day 2019 – February 25 My own celebration of this day has been shifted to a month later in honor of my mother, with whom I shared a birthday for 62 years. Even though she is no longer physically present, chowder brings her memory to mind. ...
by Lora | Mar 21, 2019 | About Writing
1. First write for yourself, and then worry about the audience. “When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story. When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are not the story.” Cover of my high school poetry...
