by Charity Singleton Craig | Jul 27, 2011 | Archived Blog Posts
They’ve been writing sestinas all month over at Tweetspeak Poetry. Maybe you remember them from literature class. Sestinas are those 39-line poems with all the structure and form of a contract, but with the rhythm and soul of a conversation. That’s why I...
by Charity Singleton Craig | Jul 14, 2011 | Archived Blog Posts
Last night, I got stuck. There were no mud puddles or snow drifts involved; I wasn’t knee deep in quick sand or trapped between a rock and a hard place. I was just walking through the grocery store when my thoughts jammed tight and wouldn’t let me go....
by Charity Singleton Craig | Jul 6, 2011 | Archived Blog Posts
Lately, I’ve been wondering what it might look like to collaborate with other artists and writers, to live out a creative life in community When I lived in Merrillville several years ago, I joined a writer’s group. Each week, a group of 10-15 of us would...
by Charity Singleton Craig | Jun 29, 2011 | Archived Blog Posts
The breeze was blowing; the sun shone dappled through the trees. I was sitting at a small cafe at a table by myself, enjoying the lunch special, drinking the iced African rooibos tea I heard recommended to the next table over. As I munched on sandwich and salad and...
by Charity Singleton Craig | Jun 23, 2011 | Archived Blog Posts
Vaguely do I remember sitting with my mom at the age of four, reading. Sometimes, a flash of an illustration will emerge from my memory, just that one picture of a jeep filled with sheep driving through the desert. I think it was one of the first books I read. Sheep,...
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