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Weekly blog by author and writing instructor, Gail Thorell Schilling, shares slice-of-life memoir posts and prompts to invite women of a certain âge to write their memoirs alone or in her workshops. Her travel memoirs and spiritual writing posts, both mainstays, provide motivational examples.
Imagination, Unlimited ... continued
Betula, the bark horse sculpture by Nancy Sander, has moved from Maudslay State Park to the Sanctuary Arts Center, 117 Bolt Hill Road,...
Gail Thorell Schilling
Oct 19, 20211 min read
Imagination, Unlimited
Joyful imagination need not end with childhood mud pies and memoir; women of a certain age can still craft their visions. The other...
Gail Thorell Schilling
Oct 19, 20213 min read
Perfection in an Imperfect World
A single rose revives my spirit The other day on my walk around the neighborhood, I stopped and gazed, really studied an Old English...
Gail Thorell Schilling
Aug 24, 20212 min read
Offshore and Off Grid
Off to this magical place to refresh my spirit. See you next week!
Gail Thorell Schilling
Aug 7, 20211 min read
Yarns from a Windjammer Cruise
A Windjammer knitting cruise – ideal post-lockdown travel for women of a Certain Age. Where do you cast off before casting on? On a...
Gail Thorell Schilling
Jul 31, 20215 min read
Daddy's Two-Ton Galento
A Father's Day Remembrance While I was still little enough, my father would lift me to touch the ceiling. How I loved that! Then one day...
Gail Thorell Schilling
Jun 18, 20213 min read
Little Green Thumbs: A Family Legacy
Sharing a love of growing things with the next generation runs in our family. A short memoir. In her family’s garden, my grand-daughter,...
Gail Thorell Schilling
Jun 12, 20212 min read
Muddy Water … Becomes Clear
How cleaning my fish tank teaches spiritual self-care. Dear Friends, Only five weeks into this blogging endeavor, and I’ve already missed...
Gail Thorell Schilling
Jun 6, 20213 min read
Memorial Day Silent Reunion: A Memoir
All my ancestral family has passed, but a Memorial Day visit to the cemetery reunites me with their spirits. Memorial Day in my childhood...
Gail Thorell Schilling
May 29, 20214 min read
Daddy’s “Two-Ton Galento”: A Father’s Day Remembrance
While I was still little enough, my father would lift me to touch the ceiling. How I loved that! Then one day he told me I was too heavy....
Gail Thorell Schilling
May 14, 20213 min read
My Turkish Haircut: Who Needs English?
Thanks to Covid-19 restrictions, most of us are wearing our hair longer these days and ready for that badly needed trim. Since lockdown...
Gail Thorell Schilling
May 13, 20213 min read
Art of the Journal: Follow Your Senses to Memories (Or How I Followed Lilacs to Flat Feet …)
Each morning, I gaze out my window, coffee at hand, and begin a journal entry. I just jot what I see, weatherwise. This exercise is a...
Gail Thorell Schilling
May 6, 20213 min read
6 Reasons to Write Your Memoir, Anyway
“How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?” – E.M. Forster Curious about memoir? Unsure where to begin? Wondering who would – or...
Gail Thorell Schilling
Apr 30, 20212 min read
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