Read behind the signs
Dear Friends,
I relax by fake-buying horse farms on which Feliks can enjoy his horse and have other horses and animals. And Emma, too, if by any stretch of the imagination she would ever want to move home again. Both are horse people. I, personally, want baby goats and baby pigs.
So, I look around online in the evenings, wondering what is available, and every so often, I find a place I think might be of interest to the family, so I share it with them. Not once has everyone responded with a YES until last night.
Even Emma wrote to say OMG IT’S A DREAM, and that she would move there with us. We won’t buy the place I sent them last night, more than likely, because we’re just not ready to sell our current house (it needs work) and it would be a big move, and all that other stuff you tell yourself to postpone what needs to happen.
But what I did recognize is that the property I sent sparked a revolution for this family, a deeper knowing of what we all most want and need, an urge that has been unscratched until now. And so, with that free data in place, I am hatching a plan for us to move in that direction, to discover even further what was beneath the surface of that shared desire. Who knows where this might lead?
What tell-tale signs are you seeing (or ignoring) in your own life?
LINKS TO PONDER
- Legendary physicist Freeman Dyson talks about math, nuclear rockets, and astounding things about the universe. You need to know this man.
- Here are Flowers of Fire: Illustrations from Japanese Fireworks Catalogues (ca. 1880s)
- You need to see these samples of downloadable public domain films from the Library of Congress.
- Ever wondered about the Black Experience in Children’s Books? Here are 152 full-text examples from the New York Public Library.
- Of course you have wondered about how to Read a Broken Roman Statue, As one does.
- How I rowed myself to happiness.
- This is next on my to-make list. And also this.
Classes & Events
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ONLY ONE SPOT LEFT! My next virtual writing retreat (September 23-26) is limited to 10 women writers. It is an investment in your own writing, whether you are a beginning writer or an experienced one. Start writing again!
In the Rough: From Idea to Draft to Manuscript
My friend and colleague, artist and author Julie Gieseke, and I are teaming up to unleash onto the world a new intensive program for 10 writers (by application only) who will move from idea to draft to a full book manuscript in two years of instruction, focus, feedback, and four retreats.
You have a book in you and this is a fantastic way to get it out into the world. Those two years will go by anyway–you may as well be following your dream. You can find out more about it here. Applications open on September 7, 2021.
Would you like to receive free writing prompts from me by text every Monday - Friday morning in 2021? If so, text “Writing Prompts” to me at 828-248-7513. You can stop anytime by typing “Stop” to the same number.
Life is a Verb Camp update! Tentatively mark your calendar for Oct 13-16, 2022, for the next Life is a Verb Camp! Of course, COVID will have its own say in the matter, but we’re going to move forward with big plans for Camp 2022! We will meet in the mountains of North Carolina as we have for years now. Registration will open in October 2021 and spaces will be limited.
Hard Conversations social justice classes begin again in mid-September! Join us to become part of the anti-racism solution!
Whiteness, Race, and Social Justice Starts September 14, 2021 Live classes every Tuesday for five weeks from 3-4:30pm Eastern / 12-1:30pm Pacific
Deep Dive Into Racism and Its Undoing Starts September 15, 2021 Live classes every Wednesday for five weeks from 3-4:30pm Eastern / 12-1:30pm Pacific
I’ll see you next Friday from my Orange Desk. I surely will.
With love,
Patti
Patti Digh LLC
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