WRITING ABOUT OUR LIVES

June, 1998

I am delighted to introduce the women writers I've had the pleasure and privilege of listening to over the past months. Some are beginning writers. Others have been working at their craft for many years. All have shared their courage, honesty, wisdom and humor. Their words have touched me deeply and I think they will do the same for you. Enjoy.

Ellen Bass
Santa Cruz, CA 1997

---

Table of Contents

For Hannah
Phases
Hummers
Swallowtail

Jan Harwood thinks retirement in Santa Cruz is the perfect life: her garden, her granddaughter, birds, butterflies, and Ellen Bass's wonderful seminars.

Easter Holidays
Mamacita (excerpt)

Jenny Leonhardt is a writer and musician currently living in Philadelphia, where she is raising her 11-year-old daughter and finishing a degree at Bryn Mawr College. She used to live in Santa Cruz (and may again).

Snail Advocate

Kendra Dorfan lives in Santa Cruz with her husband and two young sons. She has always enjoyed writing as a means of communicating to others. She also likes to write as a way of processing how she really feels about issues in her life.

Poem for Crow Moon

Mary-Ann Molloy is a midwife and an aspiring writer. She lives in Santa Cruz.

Homecoming

Mary Elise Collins-Sheilds. No bio available.

Fireflies and Friendship
On Wailea Bay
Gramme

Meris Walton has taken a long and winding road back home to writing. Meris works as a chiropractor when she is not practicing piano, writing, painting or playing. She lives in Santa Cruz with her husband and their three beautiful sons.

The Catch

Cheri Hubert. No bio available.

Uncle
First Light

Deana Saalisi enjoys writing in her spare time. Her other endeavors include; raising and breast-feeding her son Max, creating a family and friendship with her partner, David, the studies of Yoga, Ayurveda, herbs, nutrition and wellness. The Wednesday afternoon workshop has been a fulfilling and healing experience. write on!

Backdoor Karaoke

Ellen Bass has the best job in Santa Cruz--teaching Writing About Our Lives Workshops in which she gets to hear and support the extraordinary work of so many women writers. She is co-author of The Courage to Heal and Free Your Mind and co-editor of I Never Told Anyone and No More Masks! She has also published several volumes of poetry.

I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill
The Life We Have Chosen
Waking Up

Linda Holiday is the Executive Director of North Bay Aikido, a nonprofit educational organization in Santa Cruz. She lives in Felton with her husband and young son.

The Ordinary Day of an Extraordinary Housewife

Teri Cosentino is a mother and a writer who practices the solitaire method of writing. She plays solitaire until she has absolutely no choice but to put pen to paper (or keyboard to screen).

Hot

Cathy Lynn is a grantwriter, photographer and educator. She loves playing with words as a hobby. Cathy is old enough to enjoy the richness of "night sweats".

Return to Writing About Our Lives Main Page